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Dr Kulesh, 5cm tibias

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jievince3
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Posted on Apr 19, 2019, 10:31 am
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Hello, I am a 20-year-old boy with height of 168cm. I plan to do LL with Dr.kulesh from Russia in November of this year. My goal is 5cm for tibias and i decide to choose method of conventional Ilizarov.
Any body give me some advice? Is my choice wise?
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Posted on Apr 19, 2019, 10:40 am
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I plan to stay in Russia for about 1 month and do the extension at home.
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Posted on Apr 20, 2019, 6:48 am
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Hi jievince3
I don't understand why you chose the oldest method, Ilizarov.  Is that because of money?  Try to choose at least LON if you care about money.  There are many doctors who are doing LON at low price.
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Posted on Apr 21, 2019, 5:05 am
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Quote from: Ghostfish on April 20, 2019, 06:48:04 AMHi jievince3
I don't understand why you chose the oldest method, Ilizarov.  Is that because of money?  Try to choose at least LON if you care about money.  There are many doctors who are doing LON at low price.

Yes, it's much cheaper.  And based on what I got on the forum(I am not sure about it), llizarov is more safe than LON and llizarov can reduce damage to exercise capacity for tibias.
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Posted on Apr 21, 2019, 6:36 am
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Quote from: jievince3 on April 21, 2019, 05:05:08 AMYes, it's much cheaper.  And based on what I got on the forum(I am not sure about it), llizarov is more safe than LON and llizarov can reduce damage to exercise capacity for tibias.
Hi jievince3
I see your concern about money. Of course, money is the biggest concern for the most.  I did cll with internal nail, Stryde and never had any intention to use external method for my cll.  So I don't know very well about external method.  But one thing for sure is that most of people who did external method, generally for only tibia, used LON rather than Ilizarov.  I think there must be a reason for that.  Plus, as far as I know about external method including Ilizarov, the external method is slower than internal method and more problem of infection and perhaps complication.  I guess Ilizarov is probably worse than LON.  Look for more information before you really do it.  I really discourage you to do Iliarov.
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Posted on Apr 21, 2019, 8:27 am
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Quote from: Ghostfish on April 21, 2019, 06:36:39 AMHi jievince3
I see your concern about money. Of course, money is the biggest concern for the most.  I did cll with internal nail, Stryde and never had any intention to use external method for my cll.  So I don't know very well about external method.  But one thing for sure is that most of people who did external method, generally for only tibia, used LON rather than Ilizarov.  I think there must be a reason for that.  Plus, as far as I know about external method including Ilizarov, the external method is slower than internal method and more problem of infection and perhaps complication.  I guess Ilizarov is probably worse than LON.  Look for more information before you really do it.  I really discourage you to do Iliarov.

Hi Ghostfish, thanks for your interest.  I think why why people prefer LON is because LON takes less time to remove frames.   
Money is my key problem and I can only afford about $8,000. To be a short man is very painful so I want to do LL as early as I can.
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Posted on Apr 21, 2019, 10:55 am
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If I have enough money, I will definitely choose stryde.
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Posted on Apr 21, 2019, 2:14 pm
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The problem with LON (and LATN) is the problem with internal nail in tibia: risk of permanent knee pain. If the surgeon perform suprapatellar approach the risk is reduced. There is not risk with full external.
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Posted on Apr 21, 2019, 2:29 pm
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Quote from: wannagrowtaller on April 21, 2019, 02:14:31 PMThe problem with LON (and LATN) is the problem with internal nail in tibia: risk of permanent knee pain. If the surgeon perform suprapatellar approach the risk is reduced. There is not risk with full external.
Thanks for your answer. So conventional Ilizarov is more safer than LON/LATN?
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Posted on Apr 21, 2019, 2:39 pm
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Yes.
Besides that, infections on pinsites usually are not problematic. Infection in an internal nail would be catastrophic.

I'm not saying I would do Ilizarov though. The more time with frames is really a disadvantage. I would prefer stryde in tibia. If I could not pay for stryde, I would do LON problably.

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=809.0
http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=4517.0
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