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

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True. What about Hispanics? I look white but I'm Cuban but that's definitely crossed my mind because I don't keep up with their relations

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any updates exclide, you seem to be the only patient that has been with this doctor on this forum.

I would like to know if you found a cheaper hotel or apartment to live in.

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Quote from: microman on May 17, 2015, 06:14:42 PMany updates exclide, you seem to be the only patient that has been with this doctor on this forum.

I would like to know if you found a cheaper hotel or apartment to live in.
I live in Saint Petersburg, and the clinic is very close to me, so I was never interested in renting. But it shouldn't be hard to find something close to it for like 20k rubles/month, if you exclude language barriers. That's in contrast with about 90k rubles/month (for one-bed room) if you stay in the clinic. You should probably ask the Dr. himself, they may have it figured already.

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oh okay, i know you mentioned the 5 bedroom ward was much cheaper, do you know how much?

I think the best idea would be to do lenghening in the 5 bed ward, then consolidation in an apartment?

I heard during lenghening you can't really walk and so need people to bring in food and such.

What does Solomin say about going home outside of Russia for consolidation, do you have to worry about pin cleaning with his device as well, is it discouraged, what would you say are the risks, i take it there is no pain in consolidation phase?

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Quote from: microman on May 18, 2015, 04:39:57 PMoh okay, i know you mentioned the 5 bedroom ward was much cheaper, do you know how much?

I think the best idea would be to do lenghening in the 5 bed ward, then consolidation in an apartment?

I heard during lenghening you can't really walk and so need people to bring in food and such.

What does Solomin say about going home outside of Russia for consolidation, do you have to worry about pin cleaning with his device as well, is it discouraged, what would you say are the risks, i take it there is no pain in consolidation phase?
It's at least twice as cheap, so max 45k/month, not sure about exact price.

Staying to lengthen is a good idea. Consolidate in an apartment - not bad, but it can take a long time. Many people simply leave after distraction (lengthening) phase is complete. The consolidation phase is a passive phase. You don't need much Dr. attention or intervation, an x-ray once in a month or two is more than enough, and you can send that x-ray via email and they will consult you online. However, things can happen. Like, pin site infection and pin breakage, that will require replacement. And that's probably the only reason you want to stay in Russia - just to be extra safe. It's a tough one.

And yes of course you have to clean your pins, in fact they recommend changing dressings every 2 days. It's not a problem though once you get used to it.

Also, you can and should walk during lengthening, but obviously not very long distances. So if you want to get something that is outside, yes, you'd want to pay someone to bring it to you.

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So does anyone know how to fix the visa problem?
Impossible to do this in only one month of stay...

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I heard on this forum that the doctor could extend your visa?


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ah okay so i can get x ray every 4 weeks at my local hospital.

but for pin site infection and pin breakage, what would happen if that does happen, should i go back to russia, or should i go to local doctor in my country.

overall i feel spending 9.5 months in russia sounds like a long task, in my case wanting 6cm, so i hope i can go home in half that time for consolidation.

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okay so one bedroom ward is £1000/month, 5 bedroom around £500/month, i will keep that in mind, so whole thing for me would be £7000 inc. flights, what about the return to russia to get the device removed, is that part of the original price package or £3000 for externals?

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Quote from: microman on May 19, 2015, 09:21:16 PMbut for pin site infection and pin breakage, what would happen if that does happen, should i go back to russia, or should i go to local doctor in my country.
Pin site infection shouldn't get to that point, where it would require pin removal. Just make sure to keep oral antibiotics at hand and keep a close look at your wounds. But if it happens or should you break one of your pins, they'll probably need to be replaced, unless you're already consolidated to a point, where you don't need that additional stability. And I guess your local Dr. should be able to fix or reinstall the pins if needed - not sure about that.

Quoteokay so one bedroom ward is £1000/month, 5 bedroom around £500/month, i will keep that in mind, so whole thing for me would be £7000 inc. flights, what about the return to russia to get the device removed, is that part of the original price package or £3000 for externals?2-bed room is £500/month. It should be cheaper for 3-bed+ rooms. You pay for the external removal separately, though it shouldn't cost you much. You can also remove them at your local ortho, or even yourself, but I won't recommend.

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this is sounding better and better, has no one ever looked into using local ortho before, because that sounds WAY better, what exactly is the main drawback of that.

i guess i could talk to local doctor about it, and ask if he knows about it and replace pins if necessary, I wonder if any doctors in my area even know about this stuff, im not exactly from london where there will be lots of specialists.

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Quote from: microman on May 19, 2015, 10:11:37 PMthis is sounding better and better, has no one ever looked into using local ortho before, because that sounds WAY better, what exactly is the main drawback of that.

i guess i could talk to local doctor about it, and ask if he knows about it and replace pins if necessary, I wonder if any doctors in my area even know about this stuff, im not exactly from london where there will be lots of specialists.

No good idea, I told before. Most local surgeons don't know details of possible complicaitons but this doctor seems cheap and ok.