Dr Augustin Betz (Neunkirchen, Germany) The Betz Institute

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Quote from: heightG on February 14, 2014, 11:31:05 PMWe did a podcast episode with a person who did go to Dr. Betz back in 2011. It is available on the post "Natural Height Growth Podcast, Episode 12 – Andrew Tells His Story On Getting Limb Lengthening Surgery"

Apparently he did get a slight complication, but we would not however say all the blame is on the doctor. Some people have bones that heal at a different rate.

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Quote from: heightG on February 14, 2014, 11:31:05 PMWe did a podcast episode with a person who did go to Dr. Betz back in 2011. It is available on the post "Natural Height Growth Podcast, Episode 12 – Andrew Tells His Story On Getting Limb Lengthening Surgery"

Apparently he did get a slight complication, but we would not however say all the blame is on the doctor. Some people have bones that heal at a different rate.

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Quote from: Rivers on November 23, 2013, 03:34:49 PMAnyone considering Dr. Betz should know that Apotheosis/Syop (same person) from old forum  is in business with Dr. Betz and they are all about the money in trying to promote the Betzbone at the major risk to patients.

Dr. Betz has an incredibly high complication rate with his nail the Betzbone.  It constantly bends and breaks and it cost $25,000 to replace the Betzbone with a titanium nail.

There are major complications from Dr. Betz patients that never get reported and lead to unnecessary patient suffering. Dr. Betz allows anyone to lengthen well beyond their natural limit because he doesn't want to lose money and patients by restricting their lengthening.

Patients constantly require anesthesia clicking where Dr. Betz will lengthen more than 4-5mm in the matter of a few minutes. You should NEVER lengthen more than 1mm throughout the course of a day.

Dr. Betz will over ream someones bone canal to install the larger diameter 13mm Betzbone even though this is incredibly dangerous. You should NEVER over ream the bone canal to install a larger nail.

Read the following threads for more information on how corrupt Dr. Betz is to go into business with Apotheosis/Sysop and how many complications the Betzbone patients experience.

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=24.0

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=4.0
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Hello,
many people are talking about a lot of things they don't know exactly and they claim things concerning my person I decided to give a statement to different points of interest. I have read a lot of incorrect information and statements in this forum and I can’t let these claims unanswered because this is a serious kind of defamation. Everybody can have his own view on the different doctors and methods. Now I just want to give a statement to some discussed points and try a bit clarification. It's up to everybody to believe it or not.
I don’t have any business relation to Sysop/Apotheosis. He was and is my patient as hundreds other patients too. He did his lengthening procedure very well – also as many before and after him. I never did any surgery for him for free. I have no influence on what he wrote and is writing in old forum . It is correct that he asked me to sell Betzbone® in India but I always refused to do this because the doctors there have no experience with it. And I don’t want to make fast money at the expense of patients in India. In old forum  he announced that Betzbone® will be sold in India without our agreement. Above the nail has a CE-certification for EU – not for India. Look at the doctor’s websites in India. You will not find a Betzbone®.  Ask for Guichet – his nail has been sold to India. Above I often disagree with the recommendations Sysop/Apotheosis gave and is giving in the forum. He lives his own life in old forum  and also during limb lengthening. I don’t have any other contact with him except as a patient of me.
 

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Quote from: Dameon on November 10, 2013, 07:14:43 AMGeneral Information about Dr Betz of The Betz Institute, based in Germany.  Contact them for specific information and latest updates.

Note: please refer to our disclaimer about The Doctors Directory http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=55.0

Process:

Our patients can gain up to 4-5 inches (10-12 cm) in one operation on upper legs (femurs) or lower legs (tibias). Patients may also gain a total of 8-9 inches (20-22 cm) in 2 operations.

1st  operation on femur for 4-5 inches (10-12 cm)

2nd operation on tibias for 4 inches (10 cm). The amount of gain in tibias may vary from patient to patient. In many cases it is advised by Prof. Dr. Betz to lengthen up to 6-8 cm in tibias.

Patients gain an average of 7-10 cm in one bone region at the Betz institute.

The rate of lengthening is 1 millimetre per day. Every 10 days is 1 cm Patients can gain up to 10 cm (4 inches) in 3 months.

Cost

The following prices are the standard cost for typical limb lengthening procedures: 
Betzbone - 48,500 euros (bilateral femur), 51,500 euros (bilateral tibia)


Surgical Techniques

Internal Methods

-Albizzia
-Fitbone
-ISKD

External Methods

-Sheffield Ring fixator
-LRS Monolateral distractor
                  
Contact Info

Phone: +49 (0) 175 7815 512
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.betzinstitute.com/contact.htm
Address:  Betz institute
Heeresstr. 49
66822 Lebach
Germany

Quote from: mediocre on February 27, 2014, 11:07:28 PMIs this the real Dr Betz?
If you are, then thank you for participating in this forum to clear up things.

One of the main issues of your patient is the nail bending. Can you tell us more about this? How many of your patients had their nails bent/broken? How many ended up getting titanium nails?

Thanks.