Precice has also been recalled

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Lon tibia only

No recommendation for femur

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Quote from: V21 on April 23, 2021, 05:55:33 PMOpinions from other surgeons would be useful in order to know if we can expect precice back soon

True

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Quote from: Serilium on April 23, 2021, 06:03:37 PMLon tibia only

No recommendation for femur

I do hear this frequently throughout the forum. However I also read of patients achieving their LL goals with LON Femur, so i'm like wtf?

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Quote from: V21 on April 23, 2021, 06:41:04 AMDude, I'm devastated. I had surgery booked for 23 june with Precice.
Giotikas sends this today https://www.athensbjr.com/update-on-the-nuvasive-specialized-orthopedics-precice-device-system/

I think I am going to have to do externals, since I just want 5 cm. Please, can someone give advice?

Go for externals.
It is the safest and less painful way of doing LL and for only 5cm you won't have much time the frames and the cost will be half of precise.
For me, even if precise-stryde were in market, I would still have gone for pure externals if I wanted only one LL.

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Quote from: Body Builder on April 23, 2021, 07:16:59 PMGo for externals.
It is the safest and less painful way of doing LL and for only 5cm you won't have much time the frames and the cost will be half of precise.
For me, even if precise-stryde were in market, I would still have gone for pure externals if I wanted only one LL.

I see your point but I can't be months and months with the frames because of my circunstances, so I would have to do LATN, not pure externals. I would very much prefer 5 cm on femurs, which is a very very safe amount on that segment. Anyway, on Monday Giotikas will evaluate my proportions, if I'm measuring correctly my Tibia/femur ratio is 36/45-46

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IQuote from: Stretch on April 23, 2021, 05:28:42 PMAhh pissed precise is now gone 

Correct me if wrong, So as it stands now the methods available for cosmetic LL are:

Guichet nail
Beztbone
LON
LATN

What would be the preferred choice for femur or Tibia. Taking into consideration the cost, reliability and successful patient outcomes?

For femur I think betzbone is reasonable. There are a lot of good diaries with betzbone in the last years. About guichet idk. LON and LATN for femur, don‘t. For Tibia I‘d say wait for STRYDE or LON.
Just my two cents about it/

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Quote from: Body Builder on April 23, 2021, 07:16:59 PMGo for externals.
It is the safest and less painful way of doing LL and for only 5cm you won't have much time the frames and the cost will be half of precise.
For me, even if precise-stryde were in market, I would still have gone for pure externals if I wanted only one LL.

5cm externals will be anywhere from a best case scenario 7.5months to a more realistic 9-10 months in frames. All for 5cm. That is alot of time in frames it's not short at all

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Quote from: Serilium on April 23, 2021, 07:31:17 PM5cm externals will be anywhere from a best case scenario 7.5months to a more realistic 9-10 months in frames. All for 5cm. That is alot of time in frames it's not short at all

yes true, only externals is very tough mentally. If you can deal with that go for it (plus you only need 1 surgery right?)

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I have been told that Rozbruch and the doctors on the Poland Paley Institute also seem very confident that Precice will be back soon: june in the US and july in the EU. Just hope it's true, any info from your doctos would be much appreciated.

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Wait so the old school titanium precise is off the market in the US now too? Haven't they ton like thousands of lengthenings over 10 years with it already?