Quote from: Honore on December 13, 2017, 05:36:39 AMThanks for the compliment Antonio.. I will definitely do my research before LL... As most "normal" people/doctors will tell you not to do it because of the risks(and they are actually right) I have no other choice than minimize the risk by choosing the optimum treatment.
I am almost 49 years but look like 39. I am in good physical health, stopped smoking 8 years ago and work-out several times a week.. So, just like you, I have that working for me.
38,5k eur seems a reasonable price compared to others. But at 165/167 cm I want to lengthen a minimum of 10cm... So I think doing femur and tibia(5cm each).. I reckon I need at least double the amount of euro's.
Monegal seems the only doc to promote the Two stage LL.. do other docs fail to see the risks?
I love your quote.."I have overcome my genetic destiny"... that could have come from my mouth...
The benefits of two-stage LL vs. one-stage bilateral are:
1. Significant reduction in risk of fat embolism. Nobody knows exactly why it happens, it can happen during surgery or even a few days after, but it has been shown to be correlated with fracture of long limbs and major injuries. So doing one limb at a time allows for the body to adapt and reduces the risk by more than half (I read somewhere that it was in the order of 3% for limbs but I can't find the source anymore. However this is the incidence, the actual mortality rate is much lower in the order of 5%. So the risk of a fatal fat embolism is about 0,15%)
2. Mobility while lengthening. It is much easier to move around on one good leg and crutches than on a wheel chair.
3. Walking on the fractured leg, if done within safe limits, can aid in bone consolidation.
4. Pain (especially the psychological perception of it) during lengthening is halved.
The disadvantages are:
1. Two operations ie double the risk of cardiac arrest due to anaesthesia (in the order of 0,02%), can be mitigated slightly by using epidural instead of GA
2. Longer time to complete lengthening on both legs
3. Importance of equaling the amount lengthened between legs, but easily achieved with safe amounts of lengthening and doing PT
The choice is yours ...
Dr. Monegal - Two stage internal Femur - Sept 2015 - Antonio
Quote from: U only live once on December 13, 2017, 12:41:09 PMHi Antonio,
So you just remove the antenna but the nail is still inside ?
When are you planning to remove the road?
In early 2018
Quote from: U only live once on December 13, 2017, 12:41:09 PMHi Antonio,
So you just remove the antenna but the nail is still inside ?
When are you planning to remove the road?
In early 2018
Quote from: myloginacct on December 13, 2017, 11:08:55 AMMan, be careful to not get greedy. You should do one segment first and see how you feel afterwards, with that new height and all. It'll be better for your health and your pocket.
Also, be very mindful of your age when choosing a LL method.
I agree. You should do one segment first instead of doing cross-lateral
Quote from: myloginacct on December 13, 2017, 11:08:55 AMMan, be careful to not get greedy. You should do one segment first and see how you feel afterwards, with that new height and all. It'll be better for your health and your pocket.
Also, be very mindful of your age when choosing a LL method.
I agree. You should do one segment first instead of doing cross-lateral
Quote from: The Dreamer on December 13, 2017, 09:17:13 PMIt is called irony
Ban also that and let's start a dictatorship
Oh, so the same way you want diaries like Penguinn erased because they do not have proof of X-rays, pics or vids?
The Dreamer wrote on August 29th, 2017:
Yeah,I definitely agree with you👌.He didn't even post any kind of pictures,no X-rays neither videos.And talks about Ilizarov method on femurs😑
I think the moderation should set more restricting rules about writing a diary:it should be an obligation to prove your experience .If it doesn't happen,"the diary" should be erased.
Actually any perfect stranger could write an "experience"
Quote from: Antonio on December 14, 2017, 03:08:57 PMOh, so the same way you want diaries like Penguinn erased because they do not have proof of X-rays, pics or vids?
The Dreamer wrote on August 29th, 2017:
Yeah,I definitely agree with you👌.He didn't even post any kind of pictures,no X-rays neither videos.And talks about Ilizarov method on femurs😑
I think the moderation should set more restricting rules about writing a diary:it should be an obligation to prove your experience .If it doesn't happen,"the diary" should be erased.
Actually any perfect stranger could write an "experience"
You are such a liar !
This post was in a diary of a patient of an armenian doctor(Mirzoyan) that seemed very fishy and a lot of user agreed with me.I never mentioned Penguinn
For everyone: see my original post by researching in the principal bar of the forum some keywords
You're a liar,in fact you're a Monegal patient
Quote from: The Dreamer on December 14, 2017, 10:54:40 PMYou are such a liar !
This post was in a diary of a patient of an armenian doctor(Mirzoyan) that seemed very fishy and a lot of user agreed with me.I never mentioned Penguinn
For everyone: see my original post by researching in the principal bar of the forum some keywords
You're a liar,in fact you're a Monegal patient
Diaries like Penguinn's means diaries similar to penquinn's, that do not have videos and x-rays, etc. Don't go around calling people liars when you are not able to understand what they write. And for the record, I do think your idea is absurd as well.
Thedreamer is constantly bugging patients. I don't like what he does. However, Antonio isn't right. Talking about his own experience? Yes, he can do it, but he should refrain from generalizing, since, to my knowledge, he has barely met Monegal patients. For generalizing you need a good databank of real life accounts, not Fitbone propaganda, and it's obvious you don't have it. Don't mislead people, please.
Quote from: backrandom on December 16, 2017, 05:20:21 PMThedreamer is constantly bugging patients. I don't like what he does. However, Antonio isn't right. Talking about his own experience? Yes, he can do it, but he should refrain from generalizing, since, to my knowledge, he has barely met Monegal patients. For generalizing you need a good databank of real life accounts, not Fitbone propaganda, and it's obvious you don't have it. Don't mislead people, please.
Where have I generalized without referring to my own experience? Please elaborate as I am extremely curious to know your point of view
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