My IM nails were planted in both my tibiae in mid-May this year in Beijing after 8cm of bilateral leg lengthening. I've since been walking on them and they are not proposed for removal until December 2016.

Another user of this forum, Little Liam who is about to undergo his first surgery in Beijing, has said that he may leave in his IM nails indefinitely. This surprises me because I did not know it was a realistic option. The IM canal is where the presence of bone marrow generates certain beneficial effects for the body. If a titanium nail is there instead for more than two years then how smart is that?

Dr Birkholtz in South Africa? Anybody?