Guichet is definitely my first choice when I do LL as I rather like the notion of a weight-bearing nail. The thought of being in a wheel chair/walker for the full distraction period (3 months; 7-8cm) and being completely dependent (going to bathroom , going out to buy food etc.) isn't a pleasant thought.
Anyone here do LL with Guichet?
can anyone shed some light on what these exams are, how come you can do LL with other doctors and you don't need exams?
I am planning to have the surgery in January 2016, but I am unable to fly from USA to Europe until then.
I have heard that some patients need months (?) of pre-operative physical training as prescribed by Dr. Guichet, before he will perform the surgery.
I am thinking I could start training now, and go at it intensely for 5 months, and then by the initial consultation I should already be ready for the surgery.
But I've been looking around and can't find a detailed list of what is actually part of the training - anyone have experience with this? What should I train? Just muscle mass + flexibility? Running / biking? Maybe increased calcium supplements?
As a side note I am aiming for 7.5 cm (from 170 cm), and I would be starting graduate school 18 months after the initial consultation date, so I would need to be completely healed by then. (But interviews are 6-7 months after initial consultation date so I would want to be walking mostly normally by then).
Also, I don't suppose there is any way for him to judge my physical readiness through Skype or a video consultation?
I just sent him an email, here is his reply:
Dear **,
4 months will be enough for preparation, surgery and lengthening.
I consult and currently do surgery in Milan, Italy, and London (which replaced Marseille). It will depend on your preferences and on the periods as I am covering both places.
An evaluation consultation is necessary to plan a specific training program for you.
It should be performed as soon as you decide to do this surgery, or want to qualify for it, knowing the preparation depends on it for designing specific training program according to your body/exam.
The nail authorizes a maximum of 10 cm, but we can achieve more with repeated surgeries. Sequential or repeated lengthening can be performed, and one of our patients got 18 cm of gain (7 inches) in 2 surgeries. The actual gain you will get depends on your body characteristics and on your training.
The consultation will allow me to understand your request and dream for a better answer. In addition, you will have answers to all your questions, you will meet patients during elongation and will also visit the Fitness Centre and the World Excellence Centre of FIFA where my patients are training. Allow plenty of time for that. You can also achieve the specific 3D X-rays and a strength test (Cybex Isokinetic) to save time if you want to follow.
After the consultation, the training can initiate. You need to put on muscle and flexibility. For final tuning and boosting (extremely important if you did not prepare with high level competition trainers), a one month pre-op training is often performed by patients. In this time, we will perform all necessary check-ups and exams. As the lengthening period is far shorter than in other teams, the overall time including the preparation and the lengthening is overall not much more than the pre-op exam and lengthening period with others. But you benefit of an extremely valuable training decreasing the risks of complication and fasting your recovery.
The overall budget for one level of surgery (both femurs for instance) that you need to face is approx. Count approximately 65000 € for surgery (hospital, implants, fees) and 2 months of training/physiotherapy (11 sessions per week), housing, exams, but not food nor transports. With a very specific preoperative training program for one month under my full control in Milano or London, count approximately 5000 € more. In Italy it is a bit less, but for people who have housing in London, it may not be a better option.
We offer, in addition to the surgery package (hospital, implants, fees, 2 months of training/physiotherapy post-operatively, i.e.11 sessions per week), additional packages for housing, exams, and also a very specific preoperative training program for one month under my full control in Milano or London, but not food nor transports. The initial consultation is 300 €.
My patients are resuming bike on the first post-operative day, and from 2015, I even created the ‘Hyper Fast-Track’ where patients, even bilateral, are resuming full exercises, walking in the corridor, climbing up (and down) stairs, and biking less than 2 hours from the awakening from anaesthesia in the operating room! It is currently the fastest recovery in the world.
44 mm are obtained in one months and 7 cm in two months. Further gains should be discussed in consultation, according to your wishes and your evaluation. At the end of lengthening, you can return home.
Intensive sports can be resumed after full fusion, which occurs generally approximately twice faster than in other teams (count 4 months for a 6-7 cm gain).
Femoral lengthening should be performed first as it heals far better than tibias. Tibia may take over one year to heal, while femur take generally far shorter. Both at the same time is too much demanding from your body and risky.
If you are interested, and for taking an appointment in consultation, I would appreciate if you could fill out with great seriousness and in depth the attached medical form, and return it with a copy of your passport/ID, and tell me where and when you want to come. Please, us the procedure below.
For further e-mails, please use directly: [email protected].
I am looking forward to meeting with you at the consultation and presenting you my Team and patients in the process of lengthening.
Yours Sincerely,
Jean-Marc Guichet, MD, PhD, Doct. Sci.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.allongement-os-grandir.com
Good info but way too expensive for me
oh right so he doens't do france anymore, its either london or italy.
Quote from: microman on October 28, 2015, 03:02:01 AMoh right so he doens't do france anymore, its either london or italy.
yep
any clues how he does after care, how do you see him, does he stay in london for the duration of lengthening if you do the op. in london, or is it skype or something?
Dr guichet is a good businessman.
it's still not clear what the 65k Euros covers. does it cover pre-op training? does it cover housing?
it is clear that it does NOT cover food or transportation.
can anyone clarify this?
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