Prohibition of bone fracture height augmentation surgery, both platforms and hospitals cannot 'rest'
2024-08-26
Due to height anxiety, some people choose to undergo "bone cutting and height increasing surgery" (also known as "limb lengthening surgery"). But some patients who have undergone surgery may experience "long and short legs", ankle nerve damage, and pain as soon as they walk; Some suffer from arthritis and require long-term repair; Some even suffer from osteomyelitis. According to reports, reporters have found that multiple accounts are still promoting this surgery on social media platforms, using keywords such as "height increase" and "growth height" to search for corresponding accounts. Some accounts even directly label videos with words such as "bone fracture height increase" and "bone elongation" and attract traffic, which can be considered blatant. Firstly, it should be clarified that "bone fracture height augmentation surgery" is a highly risky surgical method, and China strictly prohibits healthy individuals from undergoing this dangerous surgery. As early as 2006, the former Ministry of Health issued a special notice clarifying that the indications for "limb lengthening surgery" were bone defects or limb inequalities caused by congenital malformations, trauma, tumors, infections, and other reasons, as well as limb deformities caused by diseases. Those who do not meet the above indications are strictly prohibited from using 'limb lengthening surgery'; It is strictly prohibited to use it for beauty projects. However, according to reports, some "medical professionals" exploit some people's "height anxiety" and induce healthy individuals to undergo "bone cutting and height increasing surgery" through various language and methods. This approach not only causes serious harm to the physical health of the parties involved, but also exacerbates the spread of this gray area, and its harmfulness is undeniable. This obviously needs to be highly valued by all parties, and relevant platforms in particular need to be responsible for guarding their own land, controlling their checkpoints, and not allowing related advertising to flood the market. They must also promptly plug daily management loopholes and prevent related traffic generating accounts from appearing on the platform. At the same time, it can also amplify the volume of formal science popularization in a targeted manner, strengthen warnings and reminders to consumers. It is worth noting that according to reports, there are also doctors from regular hospitals, and even from some well-known tertiary hospitals, who perform surgeries. This also needs to attract the attention of medical regulatory authorities, urging hospitals to strictly implement management rules and regulations, and prevent their doctors from becoming accomplices to such dangerous surgeries. In fact, the related risks caused by this "bone cutting and height increasing surgery" were reported by CCTV in 2004. Today, 20 years later, this dangerous surgery is still prevalent, which reminds us to prohibit "bone fracture height increasing surgery" and that platforms, hospitals, and medical regulatory authorities cannot "rest". When facing similar promotional language on the platform, the public may want to "search more" and compare it fully with authoritative popular science information to avoid "falling into the trap". (New Society)
Edit:HAN ZHUOLING Responsible editor:CAICAI
Source:chinanews.com
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