Dr Pili external Tibia with HEF method (hopefuly 6cm) 2019

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Nice 

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Looks good Rei, I wonder how much you'll be able to gain before you need ATL.

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Quote from: Nameless on August 03, 2019, 08:26:01 PMLooks good Rei, I wonder how much you'll be able to gain before you need ATL.

Dr Pili seems positive that no matter what i’m going to need it even for 5cm.

I’m at 3,5cm now and right foot is fine but i lost the dorsiflexion in the left one, still no ballerina, but i can fix it by walking for about 5 min. Overall i’m starting to feel the side effects of the distraction phase...sometimes some pain there and there but mostly my legs feel always extremely stretched, especially when waking up in the morning, it takes some moments to start to walk.

Overall i’m walking for about an hour and standing for about 30 min everyday plus stretching every other day.

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Quote from: Rei on August 03, 2019, 09:04:05 PMDr Pili seems positive that no matter what i’m going to need it even for 5cm.

I’m at 3,5cm now and right foot is fine but i lost the dorsiflexion in the left one, still no ballerina, but i can fix it by walking for about 5 min. Overall i’m starting to feel the side effects of the distraction phase...sometimes some pain there and there but mostly my legs feel always extremely stretched, especially when waking up in the morning, it takes some moments to start to walk.

Overall i’m walking for about an hour and standing for about 30 min everyday plus stretching every other day.
My doctor also told me I'll need ATL if I'm aiming for more than 5cm.
Definitely try to avoid that one at all costs.
I'm about a month or 2 before surgery and I'm doing my best to stretch every day, hope it'll help somehow.

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where are you supposed to do atl, in case you're gonna have it, Lecco or Roma?

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Quote from: alieno on August 04, 2019, 07:08:46 PMwhere are you supposed to do atl, in case you're gonna have it, Lecco or Roma?

I will have to go back to Lecco

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Quick update.

I can fix my ballerina and knee bending by doing exercises everyday for about 30 min but everytime i wake up in the morning is worse, i need another 1 month of lenghting anyway and i will be done for, achieving about 5,8cm; also the pins are starting to burn and break my skin pretty badly since atleast 1cm ago, not all of them but a couple of each leg look pretty terrible.

Other than that my mobility always been great, atleast better than what i used to read, if i really wanted i can walk unaided (with a terrible gait) even now but i avoid to. Hopefuly the recovery will be fast if i will do 5cm only

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I wouldn't stop lengthening just to have a quick recovery.
I would only stop lengthening if it could hurt me in the long run.
For most people, you only get 1 shot with this surgery, you probably won't do it again. Gain the most available to you.
20% of your initial tibia's length is probably the maximum you can gain safely. Did you measure it when you first started?

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Quote from: Nameless on August 19, 2019, 10:05:36 PMI wouldn't stop lengthening just to have a quick recovery.
I would only stop lengthening if it could hurt me in the long run.
For most people, you only get 1 shot with this surgery, you probably won't do it again. Gain the most available to you.
20% of your initial tibia's length is probably the maximum you can gain safely. Did you measure it when you first started?

Yeah my tibias are 35 cm and 20% would be 7cm but i feel is going to be too much, i want to be conservative maybe i will change my mind but i don’t think so

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generally recommended is to not lengthen more than 15% of the bone length, specially in tibia.