Femur or Tibia

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Posted on Jan 23, 2022, 5:41 pm

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Hello everyone

I'm 172/3cm tall and wanted to ask quickly if i should have the LL done on my femur or tibia proportion wise. The goal would be to gain 3-4cm or 5cm at max.

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Posted on Jan 23, 2022, 5:47 pm

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Quote from: Spots on January 23, 2022, 05:41:24 PMHello everyone

I'm 172/3cm tall and wanted to ask quickly if i should have the LL done on my femur or tibia proportion wise. The goal would be to gain 3-4cm or 5cm at max.

Have you measured how long your femur/ tibia are? You have good height, that almost within the average height of American.

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Posted on Jan 23, 2022, 5:51 pm

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Tibia for that amount

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Posted on Jan 23, 2022, 6:02 pm

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My tibia is ~36cm and my femur ~38cm.

I tried to uplad an image but it won't let me.

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Posted on Jan 23, 2022, 6:11 pm

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Well you have to decide for yourself

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Posted on Jan 23, 2022, 9:53 pm

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Quote from: Spots on January 23, 2022, 06:02:48 PMMy tibia is ~36cm and my femur ~38cm.

I tried to uplad an image but it won't let me.

Femur obviously, the ideal tibia/femur ratio is 0.8, yours is like .95. You would look MORE proportional post op, unless your wingspan is already short

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Posted on Jan 24, 2022, 6:47 pm

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Quote from: ilovescience on January 23, 2022, 05:47:54 PMHave you measured how long your femur/ tibia are? You have good height, that almost within the average height of American.

Yes I know, which is why I don't wanna go go over 5cm, with an increase of 4 i would already be 176cm and since I mainly wear sneakers with thick soles that would give me an extra 2-3cm

. So almost 180cm with shoes with which I would be more than happy.

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Posted on Jan 24, 2022, 7:52 pm

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Did you measure your femur/tibia yourself? Most people get it wrong.

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Posted on Jan 24, 2022, 8:33 pm

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I’m pretty sure the only real way to measure accurately is through X-rays. Also limb lengthening is expensive, I’d always recommend the segment with the most height gain. I think the minimum increase in height to actually make any difference is 4cm.

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Posted on Jan 24, 2022, 9:12 pm

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There’s some videos on YouTube about how to properly measure tibias and femurs:

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