Dr. Alexander Kirienko (Milan, Italy) - Ilizarov Tibia

Quote from: Tovarish İlizarov on December 06, 2023, 12:20:39 PMAccording to doctor Halil in Turkey, their height reached 7 centimeters, but there were also individuals with bad effects in the long term. You can find it on the forums. The safe limit is 6 cm.
There are other things doctors don't tell you: As you extend your leg, you lose your ability to run, you have difficulty climbing stairs, you have difficulty walking on hills, your weight-bearing capacity decreases. Doctors generally do not say these things to make money.

my doctor doesnt didnt really say anything he knows every patient wants to go 8 cm so he lets them. most of his patients does 6-8 cm. indian doctors on youtube also have patients lengthen to 7.5cm. i stopped after i had burning sensation and i also read on the forum about the limits and stuff. i sometimes feel i did way less than normal though

Update: my knees are way better
They go full extension during PT without too much pain (I don't scream at least)
Still slightly bent when I walk
Burning pain from the left achille tendon

Also walking a lot better today

Do you think the knee bending limitation was due to the procurvatum ?

Good to see you're recovering

Brother , I understand you want to be tall, but please don't go to lengths that will harm yourself.

Quote from: Tovarish İlizarov on December 06, 2023, 06:03:34 PMBrother , I understand you want to be tall, but please don't go to lengths that will harm yourself.

But I need to trust the doctor. If the doctors evaluate me and says I can..
He already took the money I don’t think he says to add 1 cm more so that I give him more money.
I will ask him about the risks of doing another cm next time.

Quote from: limby101 on December 06, 2023, 05:59:55 PMDo you think the knee bending limitation was due to the procurvatum ?

Good to see you're recovering

No I don’t think it’s due to procurvatum because I have it in both legs. It’s for the calf muscles contracture

Having more pin-related pain lately. Pins are leaving scars as they pull the skin. It usually goes away if I take FANS but I try not to take them too much because I heard they can interfere with bone healing.
Tramadol also helps.

Sleeping is not as bad as people describe, since I'm sleeping with bend legs. Cannot sleep with straight legs, it's like constant stretching. I try to compensate with more stretching and walking during the day as suggested by the doctor.

Sometimes I wake up during the night. 1 or 2 times per night. I take tramadol and/or ibuprofen and return to sleep.

I can also study during the day with enought concentration.

Seriously people on the internet seems to describe this surgery, especially with external frames, as something of infernal pain. It's not. It's infernal pain during physiotherapy sessions and maybe during the first 2 weeks, but most of the time it's slight pain or no pain with painkillers.

nothing, I replied with the same message two times

u got lucky u didnt feel burning pain. my right leg was always a problem for me. something wasnt right for me. decided to stop early. my nerves still dont feel right at my foot.

I just had another appointment with the doctor. He said it’s going well, callus is forming, but feet are going into varus. I wrote the other day about noticing that my feet were rotate inward. Apparently it’s varus, but not equinus (ballerina). I will need to wear some elastic band to rotate my feet the opposite way and with time they will go normal again.

I asked about the callus compression when removing the frame. He said it’s not true, you don’t lose millimeters if the callus has healed completely.
He also said that it’s true that the xrays could show more mms than real, up to 10% more. Now it’s hard to say precisely but he told that, considering it’s showing 54mms, I should count around 52 real mms.