4cm in Tibia - LON Method - Have some questions...

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Im planning on doing 4cm on tibia's next summer with Dr Bagirov in Baku, Azerbaijan

I am currently 169.8cm at night... usually wear lifts that give me 2.15cm of height. So when I am outside in shoes+lifts I am walking around at 174.2.

I still feel short at this height, and regularly see women that are the same height or taller than me. I live in the UK.

My plan is to do 4cm on tibia's so after lengthening I will be walking around at 178.2... I am sure I will feel much better when walking around and wont feel 'short' anymore. Maybe average.

Can someone please tell me how long everything will take? I really just want to know how long from the day of first surgery, to when I can take the frames off and walk without any support, even with a limp.  3 months?

Thanks everyone

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Quote from: liltunechi on August 12, 2021, 04:33:28 PMIm planning on doing 4cm on tibia's next summer with Dr Bagirov in Baku, Azerbaijan

I am currently 169.8cm at night... usually wear lifts that give me 2.15cm of height. So when I am outside in shoes+lifts I am walking around at 174.2.

I still feel short at this height, and regularly see women that are the same height or taller than me. I live in the UK.

My plan is to do 4cm on tibia's so after lengthening I will be walking around at 178.2... I am sure I will feel much better when walking around and wont feel 'short' anymore. Maybe average.

Can someone please tell me how long everything will take? I really just want to know how long from the day of first surgery, to when I can take the frames off and walk without any support, even with a limp.  3 months?

Thanks everyone

Generally, for tibia it's 1.5 per cm per month with internal nails.

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Quote from: overandover on August 12, 2021, 05:01:58 PMGenerally, for tibia it's 1.5 per cm per month with internal nails.

thank you so much brother

so for 4cm... it should be around 3 months to start walking without rods and without a walker/crutches?

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LON Tibia - average lengthening speed ~0.75mm/day

40mm/0.75 = approx 54 days of lengthening
If you include 7 days after surgery for recovery before lengthening, and 2 days for rest before frame removal, it's about 61 days (exactly 2 months). I would recommend staying an additional 2 weeks for recovery after removal so when you get home you can walk somewhat normally. Total duration = 75 days

Good luck!