Boy, nine, undergoes UK-first leg-lengthening surgery

Boy, 9, has pioneering surgery to make his legs same length

Alfie Phillips is ‘running around as normal’ a year on from cutting-edge procedure

Boy, 9, first in UK to have innovative surgery to make him taller

Alfie Phillips has become the first person in the UK to have a leg lengthening procedure

Boy, 9, in UK-first surgery to make him taller

Alfie Phillips, 9, had the pioneering treatment at Liverpool's Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

Nine-year-old becomes first in UK to undergo leg lengthening procedure

Nine-year-old Alfie Phillips becomes the first in the UK to undergo innovative leg-lengthening surgery at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.

Schoolboy, 9, has legs made longer in groundbreaking new surgery - 'He was up walking the next day!'

A nine-year-old boy from Northampton has made medical history as the first child in Britain to undergo surgery to lengthen his leg

Boy, nine, undergoes UK-first leg-lengthening surgery

The treatment, extending Alfie's leg by installing a lengthening nail on the surface of his thigh bone, started in March last year. Almost a year on, Alfie said he's feeling good.