Dr. Paley doesn't do more than 13 cm (5.1 inches), but I firmly wish to achieve 15.25 cm (6 inches). Most doctors in the sticky seem to have a similar range. Which doctors are open to the kind of increase I'm looking for?
Quote from: Future Skycraper on May 07, 2021, 01:17:49 PMTrue, quadrilateral twice
(4cm+4cm)x2 same as Lee
This is with two operations per segment? Wouldn't that have worse side effects than one large operation?
Is 8 cm a hard or soft maximum for femurs? With a goal of 15-16 cm total, I was imagining something like 6 cm tibia and 10 cm femur (I'm trying to get a picture of the landscape before doing consultations).
If 8 cm is the hard max for femur, are quadrilaterals the only option for reaching that 15-16 cm goal?
Quadri can't be healthy.. And having bad proportions for a year doesn't matter much. You can wear shoe lifts during that time. Better to stretch it out over 3 bilateral surgeries.
I'll also look into the options for doing it in just two surgeries. Betz and Guichet look credible although the broken English on Guichet's website isn't confidence-inspiring.
Certainly don't want to use externals.
Also don't want to use a non load bearing method like Precice. Being wheelchair bound would be gruesome.
Found out Betz is the subject of lawsuits so that is off the table.
Quote from: Future Skycraper on May 08, 2021, 02:59:12 PMThat's a point. But it gives less burden to the body, furthermore, you can return back to everyday life faster than lengthening one segment of your leg to the maximum lengthening length.
Do you have a reason to think doing four segments at once is less burden to the body than two at a time?
It also seems Guichet has a poor track record, example: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=64405.0
Has Paley ever had a death?
In any case, it looks like I'm down to only US surgeons. Which means the only options for the 6 inch range are 2 quadrilateral procedures or 3 bilateral procedures. That's unfortunate. I was hoping 2 bilaterals would be enough.
So wait for Stryde to come back. Start with femur 8cm. Then 2 tibia surgeries. Sounds like it will be a 3 year process, which is okay. But over 3 surgeries the repeated risk of fat embolism makes me leery.
I can't imagine having this surgery before the weight-bearing devices were invented. Sounds terrible.
From what I read here, it looks like there's been great progress towards stem cell based growth in the last 5 years. Maybe I'll hold off on that 3rd surgery and wait for those other techniques in 10 or 20 years time. Don't want to cripple myself with 2 surgeries on the same bone.
Quote from: RealLostSoul on May 08, 2021, 11:06:27 PMWaiting for stem cell stuff is a bad idea. Stay realistic. That won‘t be a future in our lifetime.
Almost certain to be possible within your lifetime. Very reasonable to guess, within 25 years. But that's a large part of our life. I certainly won't wait on it to begin. Then decisions can be made.
Keep in mind, already LLS is shown to be stem cell growth. Not normal bone repair. This was the conclusion of the Stanford Medicine study. To create this reaction without breaking the bone is far away, but on the horizon. Not like Alcubiere (science fiction).
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