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Does Giotikas allow to lenghten 8 cm?

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Maalane
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Posted on Jan 26, 2023, 10:02 am
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How much giotikas allows to lenghten his patients femurs with G- nail?
Im  fairly young.
Will he decide turning the lenghtening phase, or set the max at the beginning?
Im not looking to lenghten more than 8 cm, but i would really like to set my goal at 8.

Big thanks to everyone who responds. Does Giotikas allow to lenghten 8 cm?
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SpeedDialer
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Posted on Jan 26, 2023, 12:07 pm
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Quote from: Maalane on January 26, 2023, 10:02:32 AMHow much giotikas allows to lenghten his patients femurs with G- nail?
Im  fairly young.
Will he decide turning the lenghtening phase, or set the max at the beginning?
Im not looking to lenghten more than 8 cm, but i would really like to set my goal at 8.

Big thanks to everyone who responds. Does Giotikas allow to lenghten 8 cm?

He let Ozboy do 8.2cm with gnail and I believe there are some cases of people doing a bit more

Might be good for you to PM Ozboy and also this guy http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=80747.0 who both did 8cm or more, they probably have some good advice 

Basically after the x-rays each time is a good idea to discuss this with the doctor, ex: when get close to 8cm might be good to talk to him about what he thinks based on your range of motion/x-rays etc

I did significantly less length
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10cm Tibia
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Posted on Jan 26, 2023, 7:11 pm
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Quote from: Maalane on January 26, 2023, 10:02:32 AMHow much giotikas allows to lenghten his patients femurs with G- nail?
Im  fairly young.
Will he decide turning the lenghtening phase, or set the max at the beginning?
Im not looking to lenghten more than 8 cm, but i would really like to set my goal at 8.

Big thanks to everyone who responds. Does Giotikas allow to lenghten 8 cm?

Your body that will answer this question. You can do it comfortably if your starting length is long, usually at 8 femurs. It depends on the flexibility of the body and the length of the legs rather than the doctor and the method.


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OzBoy39
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Posted on Jan 26, 2023, 11:47 pm
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Giotikas is the kind of doctor who will let you know after the X-rays. If he thinks you should stop… he’ll make you stop.

But as others have said, many people end up going to 8cm, so unless there’s any complications you should be able to
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heightiseverything
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Posted on May 6, 2024, 8:05 pm
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Quote from: OzBoy39 on January 26, 2023, 11:47:42 PMGiotikas is the kind of doctor who will let you know after the X-rays. If he thinks you should stop… he’ll make you stop.

But as others have said, many people end up going to 8cm, so unless there’s any complications you should be able to

What do you mean he'll make you stop? Doesn't the patient control how much he lengthens?
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shortisnotfun
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Posted on May 6, 2024, 8:43 pm
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Quote from: heightiseverything on May 06, 2024, 08:05:17 PMWhat do you mean he'll make you stop? Doesn't the patient control how much he lengthens?

Dr Giotikas is a middling doctor. He doesn’t understand orthopedic principles as much as other doctors.
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Bagga
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Posted on May 7, 2024, 2:06 am
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Quote from: OzBoy39 on January 26, 2023, 11:47:42 PMGiotikas is the kind of doctor who will let you know after the X-rays. If he thinks you should stop… he’ll make you stop.

But as others have said, many people end up going to 8cm, so unless there’s any complications you should be able to
Are you kidding me?
Doctor has no control how much you want to lengthen.
He can provide his professional opinions and advices - functions are important than length.
It is depended on the patients' decision and sometimes they are vain and gullible.
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jbfjbj4
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Posted on May 7, 2024, 3:05 pm
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Nobody can physically stop the patient lengthening more on gnail (up to 10cm, which is the nails max). You don't require any equipment to lengthen the nail so it's not like Precise.

All any doctor can do is offer his advice. Whether the patient takes such advice is ultimately up to them.
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wantingtobetaller
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Posted on May 7, 2024, 9:57 pm
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While doctors can recommend you to stop lengthening,

they really should not forcibly stop a patient. I don't think forcibly stopping is right. 

BUT if something goes wrong because you decided to lengthen more than

the recommended length, that's on you not the doctor.
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heightiseverything
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Posted on May 13, 2024, 4:08 pm
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Quote from: wantingtobetaller on May 07, 2024, 09:57:12 PMWhile doctors can recommend you to stop lengthening,

they really should not forcibly stop a patient. I don't think forcibly stopping is right. 

BUT if something goes wrong because you decided to lengthen more than

the recommended length, that's on you not the doctor.

In either case, it's always on you. It's hard to find a doctor that accepts his mistakes and is willing to pay for it.
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