Cross lengthening in st petersburg russia

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Quote from: Hamiltonzac on April 25, 2018, 10:32:26 PMI thought what jim said was that they dont let you lengthen tibia straight after femurs for at least 6 months?
I plan on lengthening only femur both at the same time with LON. Sure externals will be   but then Ill have the nail so...
Believe me it is impossible to have 2 bulky frames around your femur, just look at the frame that Jim shared. How will you sit or sleep with that frame on both your legs? I was also thinking LON femur (both femur) on May. But Dr Kulesh advised me to do unilateral femur lengthening with Latn method.  So, i will try to follow what he said. But I may choose LON method instead of LATN

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Quote from: Hamiltonzac on April 25, 2018, 10:32:26 PMI thought what jim said was that they dont let you lengthen tibia straight after femurs for at least 6 months?
I plan on lengthening only femur both at the same time with LON. Sure externals will be   but then Ill have the nail so...

Jim finished lengthening his left tibia and right femur. He wanted to get frames on the opposite pair of limbs right after lengthening, but the doctor made him wait 4 to 6 months for consolidation (and getting weight back up) before doing so. Hopefully that's more clear.

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My problem is that I have little amount of time to lengthen(7 months) and my tibia is already long...

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Quote from: Hamiltonzac on April 25, 2018, 10:53:14 PMMy problem is that I have little amount of time to lengthen(7 months) and my tibia is already long...
I can understand you mate, i have also limited time as I will withdrawal from University for one year. I searched many doctors doing external femur but they are not good as Dr kulesh/Solomin. I also would like to do both femur at the same time. It is easier said that done. But it seems so difficult. Even Overdozer  described that having frame on one femur is hell because of its discomfort.

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Limited time, budget and also with quad lengthening if I decide that Im satisfied with say 7cm then I will still need another LL to make my legs look even. On top of all that in my case I want to lengthen the femurs because mine are short as they are so they my body will look better not worse, plus the femurs can handle more lengthening than the tibia as I have read on these forums. Faster healing, ect.

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I would advise you to do one femur, then after 2 weeks or 1 month of operation,  you can think whether you can manage second operation or not. If you are okay, you can have second surgery on your another femur after 2 weeks of your first operation . So there will be  2 weeks gap between your first and second surgery . Main advantages is that It will help to reduce embolism risk + when you have second surgery, pain on your operated leg will be decreasing
Your starting height is good enough compared to me,  I think 7cm femur lengthening will make you get rid of height complex.

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Would the cost of these 2 seperate operations be more than only 1 operation?

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Quote from: Hamiltonzac on April 25, 2018, 11:08:56 PMWould the cost of these 2 seperate operations be more than only 1 operation?
I think yes, but it will not be too much

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Let us know if you guys e-mail Dr. Kulesh about this and he replies.

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I already emailed him about doing 2 lengthenings one after another during the consolidation period after the first lengthening and he just asked me about where I wanted to stay, and my visa, ect. He never said anything about me not being aloud to do this or he doesnt recommend it or anything. This is why I was suprised that he asked Jim for a 7 month break in between.