Dr Betz Complications! Nail/Screws Break and Require More Money and Surgery

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Quote from: Sweden on December 27, 2013, 05:36:07 AMI saw OBG's X-ray on old forum  and can't say I would be happy to have my femurs like that.
Hopefully nothing is wrong and he won't be affected of it but for a procedure that expensive it doesn't look so good.

Maybe it's the angle in one picture but it seems like there is a screw through the bone but not through the nail. It seems to go under the nail so the nail can rest on it.....
Betz should know what he is doing so I guess it's ok.

Sweden, I don´t quite get what you mean by "I can´t say I would be happy to have my femurs like that". What exactly do you mean?
You saw the full-body-pictures in my diary and made some enthusiastic comment. Now this comment... I don´t get it...Please explain.

The screw underneath the nail is for extra support. It is well documented in my diary. I had my screws broken (probably too much activity), so in september Betz had to exchange the screws (he was quite shocked about the broken screws...) and -for extra support- he inserted this extra screw. Just in case.
The nail is not resting on it. But in september Betz was afraid all my activity might -in a very very unlikely worst case- break the screws again so he wanted me to be on the safe side.

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on December 27, 2013, 06:02:54 AMYeah, that screw that isn't screwed into anything is puzzling to me too.

Also, on looking at it more closely it seems that his bone is naturally bent.  The bend doesn't start until well below the osteotomy.  Maybe Betz can't correct it but it doesn't look like he caused it, if it's even something that should be corrected.  To be honest this is the first femur x-ray I've ever looked at.  Beijing is a tibia place so I'm a tibia guy.

All answered in my above posts... 

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to summarize with a few words: everything is fine, I feel like I could lift a car with my legs and surgery is only 7 and a half months ago.
I would definitely go skiing tomorrow if there was more snow in my favourite skiing resort. Just easy skiing, like cruising on easy slopes, no moguls, no jumping.
I found it interesting to read the comments of the vets on my bone consolidation on old forum  but I disagree. I feel like my bones are solid, still -of course-
I would never do any heavy impact sports for now, but everything else it totally ok in my opinion.
Peace
OBG

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Quote from: OldieButGoldie on December 28, 2013, 03:01:18 PMWow guys, some wild comments and speculations going on in here. So let me comment on it: almost every human femur bone is bent a few degrees.
Perfectly normal. Cannot be corrected and -of course- should not be corrected.

OBG- The problem is only ONE of your femur bones is bent to such a degree that it is noticeable on the x-ray. That's the real problem and no it's not perfectly normal and it should be corrected!

If it was normal then both of your femur bones would be bent in the same way and they are not...

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Normal or not, that's how his legs were going into the surgery.  Since the straight part is being lengthened, the overall curvature of the femur will be lessened by the LL.  A corrective surgery would be totally separate from LL.

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on December 28, 2013, 07:00:57 PMNormal or not, that's how his legs were going into the surgery.  Since the straight part is being lengthened, the overall curvature of the femur will be lessened by the LL.  A corrective surgery would be totally separate from LL.

This kind of bad information is dangerous to people. You really don't know what the hell you are talking about.

Here is OBG x-rays BEFORE he bent his right femur bone.




Here is OBG AFTER he bent his right femur bone.




Just another example of how dangerous it is to lengthen with Dr. Betz. To think that Dr. Betz told OBG everything is fine is down right criminal! Anybody can see there is something seriously wrong with this x-ray and his bent right femur bone. Anybody except all the corrupt veterans on old forum  who said absolutely nothing about his bent femur bone since it came from Dr. Betz.

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Hi Oldie,

Your left nail is bent as can be see in the front view .However it is only a few degrees, therefore you shouldn't be too much impacted. The bone consolidation looks good, but of course the 3rd screw in your right leg is a typical example of Betz tinkering. He is always tinkering with his patients. Anyway, you are one of the lucky Betz patients.

Handy, i think you are comparing the front view x-rays with the side view. It is indeed normal for the legs in the side view to have a more rounded shape.

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Sorry handy, but what you are writing is absolute bull  and I kindly ask you to stop spreading this nonsense and confusing people.
You are comparing x-rays from a front view with x- rays from a lateral view.
The natural -and normal curvature- of the bone can be seen on the x-ray with lateral view.
Let me put this clear again, although I am repeating myself: femurs bones are naturally bent!!
Yours, too, handy!!!
Everybody who has read my diary knows that I am not promoting any doctor, but this conspiracy thing -this time directed towards all the "bad" vets- really drives me crazy...

And one last time: nails can bend during lengthening, but not the bone!

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Quote from: Mime on December 28, 2013, 09:09:17 PMHandy, i think you are comparing the front view x-rays with the side view. It is indeed normal for the legs in the side view to have a more rounded shape.

Indeed.  Look at the angle of the screws handy, you are comparing two completely different aspects.

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Quote from: Mime on December 28, 2013, 09:09:17 PMHi Oldie,

Your left nail is bent as can be see in the front view .However it is only a few degrees, therefore you shouldn't be too much impacted. The bone consolidation looks good, but of course the 3rd screw in your right leg is a typical example of Betz tinkering. He is always tinkering with his patients. Anyway, you are one of the lucky Betz patients.

Handy, i think you are comparing the front view x-rays with the side view. It is indeed normal for the legs in the side view to have a more rounded shape.

Hey Mime,
hope you are doing fine.
With all respect, I just stared for two minutes at the left front x-ray (visible on old forum ) and imo
it is really difficult to see this nail "bending" with the human eye. Even if it is bent for - let's say- 0,5 degree, it won't affect me at all. It has been like this for 5 months now.
I have been doing squats with 70kg in the gym for weeks and the nail is not bending one more millimeter because the bone has "taken over".