Quote from: Arch on September 14, 2018, 11:28:44 PMHarry has taken care of a lot of patients before, maybe you should ask him or ask your doctor for advice.
That way I am protected and blessed. We discussed and it's not much of an issue as of yet as my muscles still have laxity and there is only 0.9mm more to go. It is because of Harry only and by God's grace that I have been able to achieve this. But then again I want to hear stories from actual patients also. How was their recovery 6 months after or a year after their frame removal? Did they also gain more in X-rays than on paper? which is kind of good for me. I remember Sweden saying he paid a heavy price for the last 1 cm i.e from 6 cm to 7 cm, so why did he feel so? etc
I mean Kilokahn's ant. compartment syndrome is an eye-opener for all of us. What is his actual age? Does anyone know? Because in the picture, his foot gives the impression of a really aged man in his 50's or 60's something. It's a very important question, as we can get to understand the cause and circumstances which could have led him to develop ant. comp. syndrome and try and avoid developing such situations ourselves.
Adward- EXTERNAL TIBIA - Dr. Pradip Sharma INDIA
Adward,
The lengthening in xrays is longer by 10-15% than the actual length so u can do the math now and calculate.
Also i don't know ur accuracy of turning but remember u r turing a 6mm thread nut that goes 1 mm for a complete revolution ( 360 degrees ) if u turned 10 degrees more every day for a long period u may end up with results more than expected.
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7 cms is too much for tibia if i were u i would stop. From ur picture ur ankle looks good so just stop and focus on ur recovery.
Quote from: AR on September 15, 2018, 07:48:24 PMAdward,
The lengthening in xrays is longer by 10-15% than the actual length so u can do the math now and calculate.
Also i don't know ur accuracy of turning but remember u r turing a 6mm thread nut that goes 1 mm for a complete revolution ( 360 degrees ) if u turned 10 degrees more every day for a long period u may end up with results more than expected.
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7 cms is too much for tibia if i were u i would stop. From ur picture ur ankle looks good so just stop and focus on ur recovery.
Thanks a lot AR. But then should I trust the X-ray or my calculations? Because the margin is of ~6mm in the left leg. Thanks once again for sharing your views, it does mean a lot. 
Adward,
In fact u can't trust both. Because there is always some error in turning because at the end these are mechanical parts that have tolerances and compliance. And also the xray measurement has some erorr . My doctor told me sbtracte 10% of the xray length and this is the amount of lengthening. In fact one can expect to lose couple of mms than he expected.
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Sweden developed bad ballerina foot at this amount of lengthening and bf can happen in one night and he spent a lot of time trying to fix it without surgery.
I lengthened only 4 cms which was 43mm in x-ray i didn't develop any bf after lengthening but after correction using hexpods I developed 2 cms bf and knee bending they are almost gone after month but they are very bad complications and can make u hate ur self and push u back if u dnt have motivation. Im just sharing that because even at small lengthening with bad decisions u can develop complications yes they will disappear in short time because its only 4 cms but imagine 6 or 7 or 8 . Believe me 1 cm can save months of recovery.
have u entered consolidation phase? and last time we saw u didnt have the best callus formation i hope ur improving on it. any updates?
Bump, are you dead Dr. Adward?
Hi Edward anyupdate on your lengthening progress.
i think somethings wrong, unless som1 has heard from him.
can som1 call the place and confirm if he's alive.
I get terrified when someone abruptly stops updating their diaries..Does that usually flag as something wrong?
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