10 cm on my tibias?

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Quote from: Slim_tim on August 16, 2014, 06:05:36 PMDo you think lengthening femurs and tibia at the same time is more difficult than just tibia. Ofcourse it is but i mean is it really that much of a difference. You are still bedridden everything the same.

I think it has to be much much more difficult, considering i dont think you will be able to weight bear at all for the first months (maybe im wrong but i have a hard time imagining anybody walking early with 6 broken bones) also, the bones will heal much slower..

I think it would be to much trauma for the body to take all at once. I dont know but there is a reason why most doctors are against it.

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But maybe if you do tibia like 1 month before and then femurs and finish still the same at the end. 7.5 tibia an 5-6 on femur ?.

Not that im gonna do this..still got me interested when you mentioned that other people have done it.

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Also did the time after you left the hospital "done lengthening"

Did the time go quick for recovery.

Like 2 months just flew by and now you are almost walking again?

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Quote from: exclide on August 14, 2014, 02:02:49 AM10cm is easy, even kids do more

I see that they let you use internet at your institution but they clearly don't supervise the patients!

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QuoteI see that they let you use internet at your institution but they clearly don't supervise the patients!
ROFL!

10 cm is an unrealistic goal. in most cases it will end in a very bad way.

(6cm tibia , then 6 cm femur is a good goal.) (7.5cm if you are only doing 1 segment)(as a max)

if you want more than a little lengthening then you need to do 2 surgeries if for whatever reason you sit there and state reason after reason why you cant do 2 surgeries.........then.............. tuff fking luck  lol be happy with a smaller goal.

if you a poor that does not make more lengthening on 1 segment safer.
if you have not got the time 2 lengthen 2 segments, that does not make more lengthening on 1 segment safer.
stop playing the numbers game because your trying to maximize the return for your investment on 1 surgery.

5 cm is a noticeable gain. and it will seem like less of an achievement if you have a greater psychological issue.
it all has to do with whether your height neurosis is driven by internal or external factors.

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Function over length is something to consider. If you find yourself with complications far before 10 cm then push your goal back to something more realistic for your body. Even if you do get to 10 cm it's going to take an insane amount of time to recover fully.

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very well said kilokahn.

I think 1 point to add which this thread has not mentioned (correct me if it has been mentioned)

is that like tall from old forum  stated.

he got it think it was 11cm on femur and then had to go back and get an additional surgery for tibia because of the disproportional difference which would have resulted in arthritis in old age.

the reason I mention this is because I get the feeling that people who are aiming for 10 cm are doing so to maximize the outcome of 1 surgery because they don't want to get 2 surgeries.

however as I just stated if you lengthen that much in 1 section you HAVE TO then get the second segment lengthened or you will develop arthritis.

so lengthening this much to avoid getting 2 surgeries defeats the purpose because then you have to get a second surgery due to the change in proportions.


TALL FROM old forum
QuoteAs some of you know I competed my Internal Femur LLing with Dr. Augustine Betz in Fall 2006. Since that time I have enjoyed my current height: 188CM. The height increase has been amazing! During the past few years I have been experiencing minor knee pain & discomfort. During various examinations by orthopedic doctors, I have been advised that in order to avoid future problems with my knees (arthritis) that I needed to correct the discrepancy between my femur/tibia ratio which was caused by my femur legthening. Don't get me wrong, I am very proud of my lengthening with Dr. Betz as I was his first 11CM patient. But, this confirms what I already knew & that was that most individuals should not legthen beyond 7.5 CM. I state this in most cases, as I know everyone's body is different and there are exceptions to the rule.

So I will be legthening both of my tibias separately by 6.5 CM with the new PRECICE nail

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Quote from: Taller on August 14, 2014, 01:59:20 PMYes, RGKey looks fantastic. But, he had exceptionally short legs and a very big, broad upper body to begin with.

I have very short legs and an extremely large, broad-shouldered, long upper body (2 inches longer than the average 5'10 man). Here is a picture of me with 10 cm added to both the tibias and femurs (20 cm total).

So I don't think proportions will be a problem (I could care less about arm length); I'm just wondering about athletic ability.

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How are you doing my old forum  friend 

I plan on doing the lengthening with Dr. Guichet using his internals; he claims I can make it to 10 cm, figuring I am very athletic. What do you guys think? Would 7-8 cm be better?

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Quote from: GROWtalORdieTRYING1 on September 13, 2014, 08:31:29 PMvery well said kilokahn.

I think 1 point to add which this thread has not mentioned (correct me if it has been mentioned)

is that like tall from old forum  stated.

he got it think it was 11cm on femur and then had to go back and get an additional surgery for tibia because of the disproportional difference which would have resulted in arthritis in old age.

the reason I mention this is because I get the feeling that people who are aiming for 10 cm are doing so to maximize the outcome of 1 surgery because they don't want to get 2 surgeries.

however as I just stated if you lengthen that much in 1 section you HAVE TO then get the second segment lengthened or you will develop arthritis.

so lengthening this much to avoid getting 2 surgeries defeats the purpose because then you have to get a second surgery due to the change in proportions.


TALL FROM old forum

I definitely plan on lengthening the femurs 10 cm, too if you guys think it's safe. What do you think?