Doctors who are open to higher than recommended lengthening ?

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Quadri can't be healthy.. And having bad proportions for a year doesn't matter much. You can wear shoe lifts during that time. Better to stretch it out over 3 bilateral surgeries.

I'll also look into the options for doing it in just two surgeries. Betz and Guichet look credible although the broken English on Guichet's website isn't confidence-inspiring.
Certainly don't want to use externals.
Also don't want to use a non load bearing method like Precice. Being wheelchair bound would be gruesome.

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@RLS ok thanks for that.

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Anyone who thinks they can handle quadrilaterals 3weeks apart is an idiot and think LL is a game. One LL is already gruesome enough, two at the same time is being silly.

Stryde will probably be back next year @nightstar. If you have to do it then Betz but Betzbone racheting is painful and you must learn the method to relax the muscle while twisting your leg

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Quote from: Serilium on May 08, 2021, 06:20:54 AMAnyone who thinks they can handle quadrilaterals 3weeks apart is an idiot and think LL is a game. One LL is already gruesome enough, two at the same time is being silly.

Stryde will probably be back next year @nightstar. If you have to do it then Betz but Betzbone racheting is painful and you must learn the method to relax the muscle while twisting your leg

Completely agree the earliest I would do the other surgery is when I’m done distracting from the first one

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That's a point. But it gives less burden to the body, furthermore, you can return back to everyday life faster than lengthening one segment of your leg to the maximum lengthening length.

But it's just my opinion trhough what I've searched and what I've talked with doctors. We're here to discuss and I understand that I can be totally wrong. We're all here to know the best option

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Found out Betz is the subject of lawsuits so that is off the table.

Quote from: Future Skycraper on May 08, 2021, 02:59:12 PMThat's a point. But it gives less burden to the body, furthermore, you can return back to everyday life faster than lengthening one segment of your leg to the maximum lengthening length.

Do you have a reason to think doing four segments at once is less burden to the body than two at a time?

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It also seems Guichet has a poor track record, example: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=64405.0

Has Paley ever had a death?

In any case, it looks like I'm down to only US surgeons. Which means the only options for the 6 inch range are 2 quadrilateral procedures or 3 bilateral procedures. That's unfortunate. I was hoping 2 bilaterals would be enough.

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Quote from: nightstar on May 08, 2021, 04:10:15 PMFound out Betz is the subject of lawsuits so that is off the table.
Do you have a reason to think doing four segments at once is less burden to the body than two at a time?

Doing four segments at once is a lot more burden. That is for sure.

Also, can you provide any source for the lawsuit? If you refer to anold forum user who just claims that there is a lawsuit since many many years... I would suggest you don't immediately believe that without any proof in that regards. (If you can provide a proof it'd be nice if you share because I'd be interested in that too, as for now I am skeptical).

Quote from: nightstar on May 08, 2021, 04:15:06 PMIt also seems Guichet has a poor track record, example: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=64405.0

Has Paley ever had a death?

In any case, it looks like I'm down to only US surgeons. Which means the only options for the 6 inch range are 2 quadrilateral procedures or 3 bilateral procedures. That's unfortunate. I was hoping 2 bilaterals would be enough.

Paley has had bad cases too, even an unsuccessfull lawsuit if I remember correctly lol. Most of them however seem to be a product of just LL risks instead of questionable actions from the Doctor, like Guichet for example has shown very bizarre reactions when facing Unicorn's problems which for sure existed.
However, I wouldn't make it up to one post you linked as this is a big selection bias, I am sure Guichet had many successfull cases too but generally, the way he treated Unicorn, for me at least is a big BIG red flag.

The difference between "2 quadrilateral and 3 bilateral procedures" surgery wise is the same: 3 surgeries, 4 if you include nail removal.

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Quote from: nightstar on May 08, 2021, 04:10:15 PMDo you have a reason to think doing four segments at once is less burden to the body than two at a time?

Doctor said that 4cm both is less burden than 8cm in one segment, cause each soft tissue like muscles will be less streached. You will be streaching more soft tissue but only 4cm, with one segment you will streatch 8cm.

But if you do 4cm tibia than 4cm femur another year, it's way better than four segments at a time, for sure.

I think I didn't wrote that clear before, does it makes sense now?

(I'm not comparing 4cm tibia and 4cm femur at once to 4cm tibia and 4cm femur 1-2y apart, I was comapring 4cm tibia and 4cm femur once to 8cm at one segment.

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Quote from: nightstar on May 08, 2021, 04:10:15 PMDo you have a reason to think doing four segments at once is less burden to the body than two at a time?

I didn't make myself clear before. I was comparing what I said above, of course that two at a time is better than 4 at a time, if it's the same amount. But 8cm at once in one segment is more burden than 4cm in two segments.