China bans leg-lengthening surgery

时间：2006-11-06 00:45:48

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A patient recovers after having an operation to lengthen1 his leg at a hospital in China's eastern city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province in August 2002. China has banned leg-lengthening surgery that a largely unregulated beauty industry has been offering to customers who want to be taller.
 
BEIJING, Nov.5 - China has banned leg-lengthening surgery that a largely unregulated beauty industry has been offering to customers who want to be taller.

 

"Leg-stretching surgery for the image conscious has been banned by China's Health Ministry2 after a spate3 of botched operations," the Xinhua news agency reported Saturday.

 

The operation involves breaking the patients' legs and stretching them on a rack, and has led to several cases of disfigurement, Xinhua said, citing the health ministry.

 

Hospitals that conduct at least 400 orthopedic operations a year and offer post-surgery care and rehabilitation4 will be allowed to carry out such operations in future, but only on strictly5 medical grounds, according to a ministry circular.

 

The surgical6 procedure, popular among young Chinese professionals who believe height will help them climb the career ladder, was developed in Russia to help patients with birth defects such as dwarfism.

 

Botched operations carried out by unauthorized beauty clinics have left many patients physically7 and psychologically scarred, Xinhua said, without detailing the injuries.

 

Ten people, enticed8 by a promise of "height surgery without pain," were reported to have been disfigured after they underwent the operation last year at a Beijing hospital.

 

The health ministry said hospitals must in future tell patients about the risks involved, while only qualified9 personnel would be allowed to carry out the procedure.

 

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1 lengthen n34y1     
vt.使伸长，延长
参考例句：
  • He asked the tailor to lengthen his coat.他请裁缝把他的外衣放长些。
  • The teacher told her to lengthen her paper out.老师让她把论文加长。
2 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
3 spate BF7zJ     
n.泛滥，洪水，突然的一阵
参考例句：
  • Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
  • Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。
4 rehabilitation 8Vcxv     
n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位
参考例句：
  • He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
  • No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。
5 strictly GtNwe     
adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地
参考例句：
  • His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
  • The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
6 surgical 0hXzV3     
adj.外科的，外科医生的，手术上的
参考例句：
  • He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
  • All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。
7 physically iNix5     
adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律
参考例句：
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
8 enticed e343c8812ee0e250a29e7b0ccd6b8a2c     
诱惑，怂恿( entice的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • He enticed his former employer into another dice game. 他挑逗他原来的老板再赌一次掷骰子。
  • Consumers are courted, enticed, and implored by sellers of goods and services. 消费者受到商品和劳务出售者奉承，劝诱和央求。
9 qualified DCPyj     
adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的
参考例句：
  • He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
  • We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

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