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Dr Leonid N. Solomin (St. Petersburg, Russia) 2015 Update

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aspirant185
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Posted on Jul 27, 2015, 8:55 pm
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Guys, do you really think the visa process will be that complicated ? Just go to the Russian embassy, say you wanna go on vacation to St Petersbourgh and you are all set Dr Leonid N. Solomin (St. Petersburg, Russia) 2015 Update
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Posted on Jul 28, 2015, 5:56 am
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Well when they ask you what your duration of stay will be and you reply "5-6 months" they're gonna definitely become more curious and inquisitive. You may also need a clearance for operation consent form from your doctor (preliminary psychiatric evaluation) at home before you are even cleared for the surgery in that foreign country. It would be too easy and thus dangerous if all one was required to do before undergoing a risky and complicated surgery overseas was simply apply for a tourist visa because many people decide to have this surgery on a whim, by having to cross all the red tape and bereaucratic nonsense, it gives the person time to think about what they're getting into.
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Medium Drink Of Water
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Posted on Jul 28, 2015, 6:10 am
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Quote from: aspirant185 on July 27, 2015, 08:55:15 PMGuys, do you really think the visa process will be that complicated ? Just go to the Russian embassy, say you wanna go on vacation to St Petersbourgh and you are all set Dr Leonid N. Solomin (St. Petersburg, Russia) 2015 Update

That doesn't work in Russia.  For China it worked, though.
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Posted on Jul 29, 2015, 12:15 am
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Will the femoral patients really recover after doing only Classic Ilizarov method? 4-5cm, no nailing.

It seems as such a bad idea after speaking to all the doctors that I've met.

My friend did 4cm under one month on his femurs and they ended up fine, even after doing monorails. He put one nail on his left leg and a plate in his right causing HORRIBLE scars.

I'm just speculating of doing 4cm on my femurs to even out my proportions on my femur-tibia deviation.
Could I do 4cm and only be in frames for 3-4 months maybe?
For around 10.000$ and with a doctor claiming his patients are fine it just seems appealing. I could do it now instead of saving for Dr Betz and do 5-6cm.

/Sweden - speculating....
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Posted on Jul 29, 2015, 4:11 pm
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Quote from: Sweden on July 29, 2015, 12:15:30 AMWill the femoral patients really recover after doing only Classic Ilizarov method? 4-5cm, no nailing.
There isn't a reason why you shouldn't recover. It's essentially the same thing as doing Ilizarov on tibias, but with the discomfort tripled and also with temporary knee stiffness. I had full ROM 3-4 months post femoral frame removal.

It is a hell though, especially if you want to do bilateral femurs.
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Sweden
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Posted on Jul 29, 2015, 7:09 pm
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Quote from: Dozer on July 29, 2015, 04:11:39 PMThere isn't a reason why you shouldn't recover. It's essentially the same thing as doing Ilizarov on tibias, but with the discomfort tripled and also with temporary knee stiffness. I had full ROM 3-4 months post femoral frame removal.

It is a hell though, especially if you want to do bilateral femurs.

That's not true. You have no pins in your tibia that cuts through your muscles as in the femurs.
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Posted on Jul 29, 2015, 10:01 pm
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Quote from: Sweden on July 29, 2015, 07:09:36 PMThat's not true. You have no pins in your tibia that cuts through your muscles as in the femurs.
You're right, with the tibia you can avoid placing pins through the soft tissue. For what I know though, a stable osteosynthesis implies little pin movement. I haven't seen many studies about this also sadly. I think you should worry more about the actual lengthening, which may cause muscle fibrosis:
http://www.boneandjoint.org.uk/highwire/filestream/15545/field_highwire_article_pdf/0/630.full-text.pdf
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Posted on Aug 3, 2015, 5:40 pm
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I wonder how much experience with LON they have? I really like the Dr's credentials and of course the price. But It doesn't seem he is the doctor that operates at Clinic Medem anyway and that's the only clinic I would consider.

If anyone has any info I would greatly appreciate it Dr Leonid N. Solomin (St. Petersburg, Russia) 2015 Update
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Posted on Aug 3, 2015, 6:29 pm
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I'm not sure exactly how much LON he does. But he's operating at Vreden Russian Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (http://www.rniito.org/solomin_eng/), which is the main clinic in Russia that does nailing and plating. All the others mainly use exfix.

He doesn't work at Medem indeed, but he can operate there. Medem Clinic is better in terms of comfort and they also offer visa support, that's why he offers it.
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Posted on Sep 16, 2015, 7:41 am
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Dear frends!
You may ask questions to the adress [email protected] or [email protected]

Best regards, dr kulesh  Dr Leonid N. Solomin (St. Petersburg, Russia) 2015 Update
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