So in the last week I have had consultations with both Dr Guichet & Dr Giotikas. Upon looking around this forum I see comments like "Stryde is a game changer", but as far as I get tell (I have asked 100000's questions) they are very similar. I understand Stryde is using magnets to lengthen and in theory is safer because it can be reversed. I know Guichet gets a bad rep round here since Unicorn but all LL doctors get mixed results, but ultimately the Guichet nail is far more proven (at this point in time) than the Stryde nail.
Quick summary of my consultation with Guichet. Before the consultation I had almost discounted him because of what I had read on here (from superstar to butcher in 12 months), so the consultation it's self was in London and was not that exciting covered off my medical questionnaire and took some body measurements. At the end of the consultation I asked if I could see some patients (expecting the answer to be no) but he said he was doing a surgery later that day and if the patient was happy with it I could see him tomorrow. Surely enough the next day I get a message from Dr G with a time and a location to meet, upon meeting him I got to see a patient who was 16 hour post surgery. I have seen the video's on his website of people on the bike and doing stairs after waking up, but assumed it was a myth until I seen it with my own eyes.
After this he told me he has a few consultations in the afternoon with patients at different stages of lengthening from just post surgery to nail removal. I joined him for the afternoon and was incredibly impressed by the results and how his patients (I talked to them after) spoke about Dr G. One patient had a major complication due to low bone density and had to have a second surgery but his walking was almost perfect.
The reason I'm saying this is because I know the haters are going to go hard on this post and Dr G, but could he still be one of the best choices, I mean look at the numbers, he has been doing fully weight bearing internal nails for over 10 years. No other doctor has his kind of experience and do we need to accept every doctor will have bad outcomes at some point if they do enough surgeries? (Dr G has probably done the most of any doctor on earth)
Thanks for reading
RG
Quote from: Ghostfish on July 03, 2019, 10:13:48 AMHi RG
I feel you are pretty much determined at this moment. I just want to make a couple of comments on your opinion.
You said "No other doctor has this kind of experience." That is not for Dr. G and should be for Dr. Paley. In terms of number of CLL patients and experience time, no doctor can be even close to him. He is also a developer of Precice and Stryde nails.
"but ultimately the Guichet nail is far more proven (at this point in time) than the Stryde nail."
How can you come up with this conclusion? Find any patients coming out with bad results using Stryde nails. It is also very hard to find any one without bad outcomes using Precice nail as well. Precice and Stryde nails are essentially same except for the material.
It is your choice though.
1, In response to why I think the G nail is more proven is because it's been in use for longer and I have seen many patients with my own eyes who have succeeded with it.
2, When I said "No other doctor has his kind of experience" I mean with fully weight bearing nails, I would say no way Paley with the Stryde since last year has done more than Guichet, but I take your point Paley is an outstanding option.
3, All doctors have complications .... http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=9118.0
Quote from: PANDA:BEAR.. on July 03, 2019, 11:15:24 AMI'm ...sorry ... but I don't agree with you... the G nail was good...back in time ..
But now the Stryde is the new game changer ... In comparison to all the internal nails ..
The Stryde has to be the Rolls Royce of all nails !!!!
When you say game changer you can only be referring to the mechanical vs magnet lengthening process? I mean the material is very similar they both come in variable diameters and are fully weight bearing, happy to be corrected if any of that is wrong?
Quote from: hanshi on July 03, 2019, 03:20:34 PMAny doctor who is selling his own products to patients is untrustworthy. And also a criminal in most jurisdictions.
This is what I find fascinating about this forum. The guy more or less invented the fully weight bearing nail, he didn't have the option to buy something like the Stryde as it didn't exist. So he makes his own (and helps many people in the process) and then he gets called a criminal for selling it.
I'm not a Guichet fanboy and am still on the fence between Guichet and Giotikas, but I do feel some of the criticism is mildly unfair.
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