Compendium of Outcomes

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Of course A). When people find out that may think it is a little strange, but they fundamentally understand why a man who is significantly below average height would do this to become slightly below average but within the fat part of the bell curve. And then they soon forget about it and never talk about it with you again. I think people would be more judgemental of those who are already pretty tall or get their arms/clavicles lengthened to perfect their proportions. That would probably raise more red flags imo.

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Hello,
after visiting the forum after some years, I saw, that my LL experience is in the poor outcome category, which I think is not correct and should be upgraded to neutral outcome for sure.

True, I had a rough time with complications and non/delayed union problems, but at the end of the day:
-   Gained around 6,5 cm
-   The non/delayed union problems got solved. I can post recent x-rays if there is interest.
-   In the left leg the bone came with time (Mobility, vitamins and magnet therapy probably also helped).
-   Right leg was more tricky. I had non-union + broken nail there, but a surgery with nail replacement + bone craft worked. The doctor who helped me there with the bone craft + nail removal was Dr. Massimo Abela from Malta. I got the tip from a former Betz patient, who had similar problems which were also solved by him. 
-   Nail in the left leg was taken out by Dr. Jamal several years ago. Nail in the right leg still in, doesn't bother me, but I'd like to get it taken out soon to finish this chapter. Dr. Jamal offered to take it out in Kiev, which I seriously am considering, because health issurance here in my home country is probably not covering it.
- no pain in both legs since years
-    Went back to sports in 2018
-   Really, really was tempted by the idea of adding another ~5cm in tibias and going to around 1,77. Had already met for a consultation with Dr. Salameh and Dr. Schmidt in my home country.
-   But at least for now decided against it, because after LL built a family and now have wife + sweet little kids :-)

All's well that ends well I guess…
Emanuel

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good stuff emanuel. yes please post them xrays

did you tell your wife 'n kids about this procedure?

and what sports activities do you do?

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This is a terrible post considering that there are way too many confounders that are not addressed. It would be much more valuable had these results been stratified according to the following:

(1) Age / weight / BMI
(2) Surgeon
(3) Technique / device
(4) Starting stats / flexibility
(5) Pre-operative vitamin D / calcium levels
(6) Comorbidities

etc....

To just flat out say "here is the raw number of how many patients were happy / sad, is poor science and not useful. Also, this is probably the worst place to sample considering that people who post on forums are generally going to be biased in one direction or another, so the sample size is  

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Quote from: theuprising on January 06, 2016, 06:33:36 AMPosted this before and here it is again regarding tibia lengthening.


Dr Donghoon Lee who has followed up with over 400 CLL patients had this to say

From Walk6 diary
"I personally asked Dr. Lee what he thought about this (lengthening past 6 cm) and he has told me that from his experience in talking to former lengthening patients (2-3 years post recovery) those that only lengthened 5 cm recovered fully and their previous athleticism returned close to 100% to pre-LL levels. On the other hand, those who chose to lengthen between 6 and 7 centimeters recovered 100% in performing daily functions (walking, light jogging, etc), BUT only recovered about 60-70% of their pre-LL athleticism when engaging in serious sports/strenuous activities (full sprinting, jumping, basketball, rugby,etc..). Additionally, those that lengthened beyond 7 cm saw an ever greater decline in their previous athletic abilities.

In short, those who lengthen beyond 5 cm will not be able to recover all of their pre-LL athletic abilities because their muscles, nerves, tendons will be stretched well beyond their natural limits and will be permanently damaged. He used the rubber band analogy and Dr. Lee believes strongly in this. Once a rubber band (muscle) is stretched beyond its natural limit, even if its by only half a centimeter, then it will begin to tear and will forever lose its previous elasticity. The muscle's natural limit seems to be at 5 cm for many patients, though it can be higher or lower depending on the patient's initial tibia/femur length."

This is, however smooth brain bc there is significant cell proliferation at these tissues and they're not "rubber bands". At least purely physically. Modern medical technology exists and if pharmaceutical tech is integrated at recovery program swift recovery can be made. These are third world recovery timeframes