Wannabegiants tibial lengthening in Moscow, Dr. Bagirov

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sorry about that, i made a very improvised video, i was on the run(( as soon as i saw your message i made it.







i hope it helps my friend))

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Great videos mate, thank you once again, this weekend im gonna try to make something similar. So far i have been using a box and a file folder (because of its shape, it is thicker on one end, i use this part to press against my toes/upper part of the foot.

This doesnt give as much pressure as those footholders are able to but they keep my feet 90 degrees or better. The footholders look much more convenient to use though.

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Hey wannabegiants i have sent you a messaje!

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Quote from: KirP1 on March 23, 2014, 11:40:28 AMHey wannabegiants i have sent you a messaje!

Yes i saw your message mate! But all the info i can give you about the Doctor and clinic i chose is here in this diary. I cant really speak about the other doctors since i havent met them. So far everything seems very good about the clinic and doctor i chose however, while it might be to early to say anything since im not done yet, i still feel confident that i can recommend this clinic.

Also i would prefer to avoid skype since i have my account connected to my facebook.

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wannabe,  can you walk now???  will  we able to walk during lengthening??? i see rgkey walking ok with the fixators on though. I'm hoping dr bagirov's frames are smaller

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Quote from: crimsontide on March 24, 2014, 12:27:38 PMwannabe,  can you walk now???  will  we able to walk during lengthening??? i see rgkey walking ok with the fixators on though. I'm hoping dr bagirov's frames are smaller

Im pretty sure if i tried to walk without aid right now i would trip and fall, I can stand still and put full weight on my legs without them hurting but if i try to walk with full weight the pressure when standing on one leg would be to much i think.

They said that patients on average can walk 1,5 months after surgery, but this is very individual. And yes Dr. Bagirovs frames are smaller than the regular ones Rgkey has.

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Hello  Hope you doing fine , i want to do 7cm  can I go home with that aim ? thaks

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Technically he could walk without crutches right after few days post op. But the pain plus the muscle weekneess and fear to fall will not allow it. The ilizarov frames support around 3 or 4 times your body weight. Is pretty much as if you were walking with healthy normal bones. People do your researches!))

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Update:

Reached 2 cm today. So far pretty much no pain, only a little soreness and knee stiffness after laying still for to long, i walk better every day that goes by it seems. Sleep is getting better too although it is still hard to relax since there are always sensations in the legs that become more noticable when trying to sleep.

Most of my worries are gone, only things im scared about is getting an infection which would slow down my schedule a lot and be painful, and my biggest worry is left however, im really scared that i might lose some of the height i gained when they remove the frames, I heard about subsidence, and it apparantly is a problem with externals only. I really need to talk to my doctor about this because there is no way i would accept lengthening 4 cm and then ending up with 3 cm because of subsidence. In fact i wont accept anything less than exactly 4 cm down to the mm..

I have had limited contact with the clinic the last few days since i havent really needed to talk to them, but i guess i need to send them an email soon about this.

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Quote from: PrettyTall on March 29, 2014, 11:17:22 AMHello  Hope you doing fine , i want to do 7cm  can I go home with that aim ? thaks

Hi its going good so far, And yeah im pretty sure they allow all patients to lengthen at home, doing that much at home could be risky though, maybe going back to the clinic for the last cm would be a good idea, safer at least. Although staying at the hospital gets quite expensive.