Quote from: yyes on February 13, 2017, 01:41:39 PMI have nailed down my choices to these two doctors. I will be budgeting 20k for this surgery and financing the other 20-30k
I strongly advise against financing to pay for limb lengthening surgery. Please consider delaying the procedure and saving the funds for the surgery, accommodation, any other necessities and potential complications until you can pay for it in its entirety.
QuoteI will be doing 5.5 cm. My biggest concern is to recover as soon as possible. For me recovery means to not walk with any limp whatsoever. To be able to walk like a normal person without any aid.
Nobody can predict the future. You may breeze through the procedure or may encounter numerous problems, there is no certainty in regards to this surgery. 5.5CM is a reasonably safe amount of lengthening, especially if femoral but I'd still advise doing a maximum of 5CM on either segment.
QuoteHow long would that take if I went with internals?
This will be dependent on the lengthening phase. From the FAQ - Generally, for an increase of 5cm on one segment, the whole process should take about 6 months from operation, to being able to walk again. For 7cm you would add a month.
Now to your main question, personally I would say that Dr Parihar is the better option in this case. I believe he was trained by Paley, is a very competent doctor and the people that chose him to perform the procedure have had relatively acceptable to good results.
