Hi dude, nice diary! I'm planning to do surgery with doctor Giotikas when I have the money for it. I'm saving up. (5 cm in femur and 6 in tibias). Could you upload some pictures of your results? if you don't mind, 'course.
I uploaded my last xrays:
https://imgur.com/a/jcI8aZ9
Quote from: Argent_Lecter on October 19, 2018, 11:32:32 AMHi dude, nice diary! I'm planning to do surgery with doctor Giotikas when I have the money for it. I'm saving up. (5 cm in femur and 6 in tibias). Could you upload some pictures of your results? if you don't mind, 'course.
Why not Pili?
Hiii I am a girl that was planning to go to Dr. Dimitrios for Stryde can you please Tell me why hou didnt do Stryde for tibias , like why go external ?? And is the Dr a good choice for stryde in femur or i should search for someone else also How do u descrive the pain in your upper leg and why not aim for 8 cm in femurs , i mean its a compex and expensive surgery why only aim for 6 in femurs ??
Waiting for your reply
As I wrote before, I would recommend him, however I will wait until main gait will be stable. I didn't choose stride, as I didn't want to let nail my tibias, and stride will be available in the next 2 months, so according to my schedule TSF was the safest method.
Quick update
After finishing lengthening my first X-ray was on Wednesday, my callus became stronger, Dr Giannakos was very pleased, according to him my bone turnover is exceptional, I was quite relieved again. The alignment of the bones is good, the callus bridge is continuous, and looks quite solid.
However I still have issues with the pins, if I start to put more weight on my body they flare up, and until the inflammation disappears I have to stop again, not sure how to solve this issue. I have a feeling, that learning to walk again will be realistic after frame removal.
callus looks real good. Once it thickens up is should stabilize the frame. Also keep an eye on the frame and the callus when you start walking and if you feel that the callus is compressed and decompressed when standing and sitting then you need to inform your doctor. Frames and pins sometimes get loose and moving callus might looks strong on xray but will have hard time to properly harden up. I had that issue and after 5 months the doc realised that. BTW how many cm did you get?
Thanks dooms, I'm around 5 cm according to X-ray, on Wed the doc didn't measure it, but i don't really have any intention to lengthen more on tibia, only if some corrections have to be made.
I didn't know, that compression on callus might be bad, actually I feel, that even when making hard stretching the ankles and PT exerts a pushing effects too on the legs (working off equinus) the callus area is somewhat pressed and sensitive. Do you think it shouldn't be there?
Thank you for the very valuable information!
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