How much time needed after surgery to walk without crutches?

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Title says it all, I've been reading contradicting info on this. Some people say they can walk for a while without assistance after 2 months, Betzinstitute told me told me 6-8 months though to walk without crutches. Guys who have done it with Betz have told me they were walking after 2 months. I'm really confused, I know it's personal from man to man but I wanna get a clear idea of the average?

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It varies from person to person but better to assume 1 month per cm in case of femur and 1.5 month per 1 cm in case of tibia.

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Yes I don't mean how much time to 'lengthen' and get to my goal but instead my question is, how much time after surgery would be needed before I can walk around without assistance or crutches

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I was talking about walking without assistance only. If you do 6 cm femur then 6 months but if do you 6 cm in tibia then it should take around 9 months as tibia heals slowly.

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I would say it really depends on your body and your exercise plan. Each individual is very different, it usually takes 6 months to 1 years.

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Based on most papers I've read are from 1.2 - 2.6  months per cm for tibia with pure external device

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Theoretically, you can do it the next day, but in practice? There's far too many factors to consider. In reality, it can be anywhere from a couple of weeks after you finish lengthening to several months after.