Dr Xia Beijing - Surgeon Peng Aimin - External Tibias - November 2013 to 2014

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The report for the December 29 Xrays is a big double thumbs up:

"Comparison with examination obtained in October demonstrates an ongoing healing of the fibular osteotomies, the density of the left tibial cortex has continued to improve. There are no features of loosening. Similar improvement is present on the right, the fibular osteotomy has continued to increase. There is no evidence of loosening.

Comment: Satisfactory alignment, no evidence of loosening, progressive improvement in cortical density."

As this is all so encouraging and I've been able to hit 9km/h for short spurts on the treadmill my current thinking is to go for PRECICE2 femurs with Dr Suhas Shah in Mumbai without hesitation. Soon .. like as soon as I can get a visa.

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The report for the December 29 Xrays is a big double thumbs up:

"Comparison with examination obtained in October demonstrates an ongoing healing of the fibular osteotomies, the density of the left tibial cortex has continued to improve. There are no features of loosening. Similar improvement is present on the right, the fibular osteotomy has continued to increase. There is no evidence of loosening.

Comment: Satisfactory alignment, no evidence of loosening, progressive improvement in cortical density."

As this is all so encouraging and I've been able to hit 9km/h for short spurts on the treadmill my current thinking is to go for PRECICE2 femurs with Dr Suhas Shah in Mumbai without hesitation. Soon .. like as soon as I can get a visa.

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Congratulations on your progress, Thegosis! I am very happy for you! Also, I can't wait to here about your femur lengthening joinery!

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Congratulations on your progress, Thegosis! I am very happy for you! Also, I can't wait to here about your femur lengthening joinery!

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Quote from: Thegosis on January 12, 2015, 05:26:33 AMhttp://picpaste.com/dyxrays29dec14-page-3-M8rqxsgO.jpg
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The first and third of these are my right leg xrayed on 29 December last year
The other is the same but from 18 October. Two months+ earlier.

Please give me your remarks and observations about shape, healing, progress etc

im one month plus post op

my fibula is empty but callus formation at tibia

is this normal

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I really don't know IML. My second op (remove frames and insert nail) was around 18 May. So that is 5 months from then till the October xrays of mine. Yes there was an xray taken of me in June (I remember it being a painful drama to stand upright) but that came out fine and it was not shared with me. Somewhere it may be in Beijing.

Sorry to be so useless. If you can get your heel and forefoot flat on the ground at the same time you would seem to be ahead of me at that stage. Externally, that is.

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Quote from: Thegosis on January 24, 2015, 12:13:15 PMI really don't know IML. My second op (remove frames and insert nail) was around 18 May. So that is 5 months from then till the October xrays of mine. Yes there was an xray taken of me in June (I remember it being a painful drama to stand upright) but that came out fine and it was not shared with me. Somewhere it may be in Beijing.

Sorry to be so useless. If you can get your heel and forefoot flat on the ground at the same time you would seem to be ahead of me at that stage. Externally, that is.

in other words you dont have early x-rays? (eg 1-2 month post op)
yeah i can walk well and dorsiflexion/bend my feet upwards (proximally) to 70 degrees...'
just worried about the fibula healing, thnks anw!

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I won't be adding to this thread unless it's an observation about Beijing. Reason being that I'm on to part II: preparing for internal PRECICE femurs with Dr Suhas Shah of Mumbai any time from February 2015. That diary has just been commenced here: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=1663.0

Oh maybe some day not before December 2016 I'll go back there to get the Orthofix nails and screws out of my tibiae. Maybe never also.

Zaijian till then.

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Quote from: Thegosis on January 25, 2015, 04:24:57 AMI won't be adding to this thread unless it's an observation about Beijing. Reason being that I'm on to part II: preparing for internal PRECICE femurs with Dr Suhas Shah of Mumbai any time from February 2015. That diary has just been commenced here: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=1663.0
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Oh maybe some day not before December 2016 I'll go back there to get the Orthofix nails and screws out of my tibiae. Maybe never also.

Zaijian till then.