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It was being provided by the orthopaedic surgeon Jean-Marc Guichet, a limb-lengthening specialist who had even created his own lengthening device - the Guichet Nail.

She says communication with Dr Guichet had soured and feels that by summer the doctor-patient relationship had broken down.

A four-year legal battle was finally settled in July when  Dr Guichet agreed to pay Elaine a “substantial” sum to settle her claim against him - without any admission of liability.

She was distraught, but she says she was reassured by Dr Guichet.

“Dr Guichet told me the nail had broken while he was taking it out,” she says.