General questions about LON on tibias.

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Hello, me again, I have been researching about this method, but maybe some ex-patients or patients want to  help me:
How many cm should I do?
How is the recovery( I mean for example for 5 cm, when could I walk without crutches again)?
Pin site care can be done by the doctor or I should do it( because it really keeps me thinking about infections)?
How many months should I have frames?
What about knee pain?
 

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Quote from: onemorefoot on October 12, 2016, 03:45:02 AMHello, me again, I have been researching about this method, but maybe some ex-patients or patients want to  help me:
How many cm should I do?
How is the recovery( I mean for example for 5 cm, when could I walk without crutches again)?
Pin site care can be done by the doctor or I should do it( because it really keeps me thinking about infections)?
How many months should I have frames?
What about knee pain?

Well walking without crutches is not an issue, because its usually takes 1-3 months after lengthening, what my concern is, when i will walk normally not like a zombie. Knee pain is common sometimes it will be your friend for ever if it does happen (although i don't know how much pain it is). about frames for external i don't know exactly, but maybe more than 5-6 months, and healing from external method is slower than internal by far

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Go for 5cm, maybe 6 if you are really desperate.
Nurses clean pin sites for you, later mostly you do it(it's recommended to have help with it since it's tedious).

Quote from: The Kaiser on October 12, 2016, 10:52:17 AMand healing from external method is slower than internal by far

If you mean consolidation time then no, it's always the same no matter the method.

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Quote from: YourSpaceBoyfriend on October 12, 2016, 11:19:22 AMGo for 5cm, maybe 6 if you are really desperate.
Nurses clean pin sites for you, later mostly you do it(it's recommended to have help with it since it's tedious).

If you mean consolidation time then no, it's always the same no matter the method.

Quick question:for 6 cm external how long can I walk without crutches (not like pre operation but enough for others people can't notice that i have LL).
Sorry for my bad English and thank you so much for the answers

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The general rule of thumb is 2 months per  cm for external so for 5cm that's 10 months and 6cm that's 1 year.

However if you do latn or Lon. This is reduced to 1.5 months per cm so 7.5 months for 5cm of 9 months for 6cm.

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Quote from: TrueSpartan on October 12, 2016, 02:46:04 PMThe general rule of thumb is 2 months per  cm for external so for 5cm that's 10 months and 6cm that's 1 year.

However if you do latn or Lon. This is reduced to 1.5 months per cm so 7.5 months for 5cm of 9 months for 6cm.

I see,1 year disappear and then come back with new height seems not easy to me
But what about the salamehfix,has anyone here known about that device,dr salameh said that you can walk without support 2 months after 5cm and 4 after 8

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That made me so confused cause I can't determine corectly that the salmehfix is similar to external or latn/lon

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So, after 5 months for 5 cm could I wallk without crutches?? I think four inches in total in both segments could look good.

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Quote from: YourSpaceBoyfriend on October 12, 2016, 11:19:22 AMGo for 5cm, maybe 6 if you are really desperate.
Nurses clean pin sites for you, later mostly you do it(it's recommended to have help with it since it's tedious).

If you mean consolidation time then no, it's always the same no matter the method.

No you're wrong, Internal have faster recovery by far

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Quote from: The Kaiser on October 13, 2016, 05:35:35 AMNo you're wrong, Internal have faster recovery by far

Better support yea but that doesn't change bone consolidation