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

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How long, generally speaking, would it take to do cross lengthening for a 4CM gain on the tibiae and a 4CM gain on the femurs?

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Quote from: Taller on September 06, 2014, 11:52:08 PMHow long, generally speaking, would it take to do cross lengthening for a 4CM gain on the tibiae and a 4CM gain on the femurs?
Just externals with no rods? Take a look

Mean age is 30 in the study. You should expect to consolidate faster if you're younger. So that's 37 days for a cm. 148 days for first stage, then you'll need 1-2 month of PT to restore ROM and for general rehab and repeat...

If you do LON, you can lengthen 4 cm in a month, take the externals off, repeat, you'll be done in 2 months. FML, why didn't I go with LON? This crap takes forever to heal OMG

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That sounds quite tantalizing, and I'm sure my proportions would look completely fine (at least to ~99.99% of people) after 4+4CM. However, I wouldn't do LON on my tibiae because of the high chance of knee pain. I do wonder how feasible LON on the femurs is, though. If it's doable, it would be very nice.

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id do femurs if i can get lon on femurs and be done in 2 months


can't believe I'm saying this...

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I wonder if it's possible to do LON or LATN Ilizarov femurs, and still lengthen along the mechanical axis. I suspect that the IM nail used in LON would limit you to only being able to lengthen along the anatomical axis, though. For LATN, it may still be possible to lengthen along the mechanical axis (and insert the nail along the mechanical axis upon completion of lengthening), but it would be nice if someone with more expertise than me could shed light on this.

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Lon for tibia ofcourse, there is no other way except internal method but only rich people can have that. So lon for tibia and then remove the rod after consolidation is complete will end the problems i hope.

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Okay so if you are going to increase your height by 15cm is it better to go for LON or external?

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Quote from: RobinKing44 on September 11, 2014, 06:30:50 PMOkay so if you are going to increase your height by 15cm is it better to go for LON or external?

You might do what Jungle did and do external-only tibiae first, and while they're consolidating do LON femurs.

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Quote external-only tibiae first, and while they're consolidating do LON femurs
bingo that is the correct method to use.

that would prevent all the risk concerning the patella tendon

that is the method I intend to use

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okay so 7.5cm on tibia with external and 7.5cm on fib with lon which will probably cost how much overall?
And what do I do now to make this happen? do i get my passport ready,build up some cash, call the doctor,etc?