he's a good-looking guy but has always wanted to be taller now he's getting his chance thanks to groundbreaking limb lengthening surgery and we were there as he was rolled into the o.r this guy is making a special trip to Las Vegas with his wife he's not hoping to strike it rich he's here to get taller if I can be taller I want to be taller Ryan Wade is five feet seven inches tall he's come to orthopedic surgeon dr. Kevin Debbie parshat for a groundbreaking limb lengthening procedure after we giving you that additional height you'd probably sitting it very close to 511 the procedure involves implanting a steel device into the upper bone on both legs we use the remote control to slowly separate the bone this is their no control the remote control signals the device to pull the bones apart one millimeter at a time I think that's pretty cool the body makes new bone to fill in the gap so I push this button and then what happens once you push the button then that's when you start growing awesome the cost a whopping $75,000 I've got another 70 years left on this planet and I want to enjoy it to the full extent and this is something since I've been 14 then I've always wanted to do 75 thousand dollars towards getting tall I'm picking getting taller all the way the 32 year old is also tired of wearing shoe implants the procedure will add 3 inches to Ryan's height a huge difference yeah yeah it's gonna be pretty close to right there being taller than my wife is going to be it'll be a treat at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center Teresa is confident I think he'll do great on his way to the o.r ryan gets a good-luck kiss I am super excited the doctor begins by taking precise measurements of Ryan's leg next he drills into the bone then surgically breaks the bone he creates a channel in the thigh bone for the implant you can see it kind of going right down the center of the bone the implanted device is secured with screws that are drilled in above and below the break in the bone he repeats the procedure on Ryan's other leg finally the remote is tested to ensure the bone is separating succcess the implant worked after three hours Ryan is wheeled out of the LR dr. Debbie parshat has good news so everything went very well bend that knee now three months of grueling physical therapy begins that's stiff Ryan's muscles need to be stretched as his bones grow it's hard work it was the most painful thing that I've ever gone through in my life David Wilson of Los Angeles had the same procedure last year he was five seven and was stretched two inches to five nine as my legs got longer I needed to extend my seat back further so I could have this adjustment room right here it was kind of cool and he has encouraging words for Ryan you're gonna get back to normal pretty darn quick with his this type of device in this technology it's a it's amazing just 24 hours after surgery Ryan is taking his very first steps and feels he's on his way to walking tall the procedure does not come cheap the cost a whopping $75,000 [Music] you [Music]