Did Gnail femurs with Dr. Giotikas in 2021 now (2024) doing LATN on Tibia.

Hi guys.

I did my LATN surgery with Dr. Giotikas a month ago. Thank G-d it went really well. I am in Athens and very happy. I was much more anxious about this surgery than G-nail. However, it turns out LATN on the tibia is 5x less painful than G-nail femurs thank G-d. It is a bit slow now. Only like 6 patients here. I heard there were times in 2023 there were 15-18 patients. I guess everyone is waiting for pmax.

Anyways, the main message I wanted to share is: thank G-d we live in a generation that has these surgeries. I started at 159.5CM with Gnail I did 9.6CM so I know I am at least 169CM. Hopefully, I can attain 7CM G-d willing with LATN. We will see. Would be awesome to be 176CM.
If being short does not bother you I am happy for you. If it does, I want you to know these surgeries are legit and there is a way out. Peace.

Link to G-nail diary http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=68370.0

how is walking and running and stuff. I want to hit 180cm and im around 165. so id have to do 8+7 and being able to get 7 on tibs is iffy so maybe ill do like 8.5 + 6.5 or maybe ill do 8.5 + 7 or even 9 + 7 or something like that. but having decent athletic ability is important to me. I dont have any desire to play sports professionally, but I do want to be able to run and jump around and stuff so im curious how thats been for you considering its very rare for people to go over 8 in femurs

Hi oklama.

After 9.5CM I felt my running ability decreased a lot. I lost the explosiveness. I can jog but not run fast.

congrats on the gains u will have ok proportions with the legs now that u are doing tibias.

@Beemer m3

I hope so. Thank you for the good wishes.

Femoral lengthening with X-Os  G-(Guichet) nails: 48900 Euro - This was the package that you picked before? Is it weight-bearing?

Hi Lucindaris,

Yes, that is the package. Full weight bearing.

Congratulations on the successful limb lengthening. I am happy for you. That is quite a lot of length you did, please keep us updated on your recovery. I'm curious how your explosiveness and running will come back. Perhaps you just need some more time?

Quote from: Nyc brother on March 10, 2024, 07:46:02 AMHi oklama.

After 9.5CM I felt my running ability decreased a lot. I lost the explosiveness. I can jog but not run fast.

Do you expect to recover further? are you still seeing improvement and do you work out your legs to try and recover them further? I know your surgery was a while ago so im unsure if further improvement will happen. Thats kind of unfortunate, overall id take that over being short but id still like to be able to get some level of speed out.

Quote from: Nyc brother on March 10, 2024, 07:30:32 PMHi Lucindaris,

Yes, that is the package. Full weight bearing.

Thank you for the answer. I do really think about Giotikas or Becker because I need to stay in European Time-Zone for work. How was the entire process, did you work remotely through all of the stages? Is it possible to drive a car with Gnail after certain time. How much time on average it takes to get 8-9 CM?