5cm in tibias - Who would you go with if you had unlimited budget?

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Hello guys,

Sorry if this question has already been answered somewhere else on this forum.

My top concerns: recovery, complications, covered costs of complications.

Also, how open are these doctors about their results? I would like to visit/email a few of them to see evidence, not just a few guys on the forum either happy with the results or suffering from complications or lost diaries.

Cheers

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Paley or Guichet, these are honestly the best doctors money can buy and you're kidding yourself if you go to anyone else. They place a big emphasis on full recovery. Other doctors, who may seem reputable (such as Betz or Monegral or Parihar etc etc) I just don't trust them, for the enormous amount of cm's they allow their patients to lengthen, that will never allow them to get a full recovery (what kind of doctor would do that? one concerned mostly with $$$).

No one who's ever lengthened with Paley within their 20's has ever had trouble regaining full recovery.

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I think Parihar and Monegal have a limit of   6 cm  (tibias).

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I would much rather go to Dr Paley than Dr Guichet for tibia lengthening if budget were not a factor. I can't remember the last account of tibia lengthening with Dr Guichet and he seems to prefer to avoid lengthening them for CLL.

But if you go with Dr Paley you're recommended to have saved an extra $35,000 just to cover complications.

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Doesn't Paley do LON and LATN? From what I've read so far the external fixator method is preferred for tibias, so perhaps Dr. Parihar is the best choice. In this case, having unlimited money is irrelevant I guess.

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Quote from: applesandoranges on September 23, 2016, 04:29:47 AMDoesn't Paley do LON and LATN? From what I've read so far the external fixator method is preferred for tibias, so perhaps Dr. Parihar is the best choice. In this case, having unlimited money is irrelevant I guess.

He used to, but now Dr Paley will only do cosmetic lengthening with internal Precice now. He's been asked about using Ilizarov frames before and he replied that there will be no cost savings by lengthening with them.

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Thank you for your replies guys!

I met dr G in Milano a few months ago. Even though I had explained I want to do tibias before, he was talking all the time about femurs at the consultation. When I started pushing for tibias he said I can get into trouble and that he doesn't normally do it. He also couldn't show me any recent results in lower legs lengthening. But he said a few times he was the first one in the world who did it with internal nail.

I already posted my pictures in this thread: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=3730.0
Here they are again:

http://imgur.com/RBHpcZG
http://imgur.com/1KxtbRx
http://imgur.com/KAI6lqH

I really think lower legs extended will look better on me. That's why I ruled dr G out and want someone who does lower legs lengthening often and has his hands on it.

What do you think about dr Catagni? He prefers lower legs.

Cheers

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No man. You will look better with femur lengthening.

Go to dr. Paley. They let you meet other patients.

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Quote from: SAD on September 23, 2016, 11:40:35 AMNo man. You will look better with femur lengthening.

Go to dr. Paley. They let you meet other patients.

Lmao, go get your eyes checked.
Dude looks like he has already done +10 centimeters in femurs. Any further femur lengthening will make him look like an abomination.

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Quote from: rock112 on September 23, 2016, 03:30:09 AM Other doctors, who may seem reputable (such as Betz or Monegral or Parihar etc etc) I just don't trust them, for the enormous amount of cm's they allow their patients to lengthen, that will never allow them to get a full recovery (what kind of doctor would do that? one concerned mostly with $$$).

Since freakin when Parihar allows for enormous amounts of lengthening? Besides he seems like pretty carring dude so the hell are you even talking about.

Quote from: randomguy on September 23, 2016, 08:23:36 AMThank you for your replies guys!

I met dr G in Milano a few months ago. Even though I had explained I want to do tibias before, he was talking all the time about femurs at the consultation. When I started pushing for tibias he said I can get into trouble and that he doesn't normally do it. He also couldn't show me any recent results in lower legs lengthening. But he said a few times he was the first one in the world who did it with internal nail.

I already posted my pictures in this thread: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=3730.0
Here they are again:

http://imgur.com/RBHpcZG
http://imgur.com/1KxtbRx
http://imgur.com/KAI6lqH

I really think lower legs extended will look better on me. That's why I ruled dr G out and want someone who does lower legs lengthening often and has his hands on it.

What do you think about dr Catagni? He prefers lower legs.

Cheers

Out of pure curiosity, whats your sitting height?