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Posted on Nov 22, 2023, 12:08 am
#1
will be getting LL in Russia for 6cm total (3cm femurs, 3 tibia)

my biggest problem is time spent without working (my gf could support me but I hate the idea)

how long after the surgery will I be able to walk decently again to the point of being able to work a very normal, non-intense job?
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Posted on Nov 22, 2023, 12:09 am
#2
I WILL BE DOING EXTERNALS****
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Posted on Nov 22, 2023, 1:34 am
#3
I think you don't understand this procedure just yet. I highly advise you read/learn a lot of it before undego this.

This IS NOT a regular cosmetic surgery. You will need months to walk again, let alone walk normally.
I wouldn't recommend quadrilateral, I would suggest you go for femurs only and do the 6cm there. Is safer.
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Posted on Nov 22, 2023, 1:44 am
#4
I agree that for 6 cm total you better do only femurs.
Even though.. external femurs is pretty difficult.
till I would prefer to break only 2 bones instead of 6.
Recovery from tibia takes a lot longer than femurs, they say tibia consolidate at 1 month per cm, but I personally see a wide variation at this and it can be as much as 2 months per cm.
Perhaps 3 cm would take you 1-1.5 months (femur at 1mm per day) and 2 months tibia (0.75-1 mm per day), so let's say overall 2-2.5 months lengthening, then recovery can take 2-5 months (consolidation, with tibia being limiting factor). At the end of consolidation, if you work hard with physio, you might be able to walk kinda normally but not sign to MMA fights. So overall id say 6-7 months until you can go back to normal life.
My opinion.
By the way, pure external or LON?
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Posted on Nov 22, 2023, 10:39 am
#5
I think pure external,

when the bones are consolidated, can you walk again? that should take like 3 months, why does it take so long??


doing 6cm on femurs only is absolutely going to fk up my biomechanics, I don't understand why people get such disbalances on their legs,

I would rather get 2,5cm femur and 2,5 tibia.
how would the recovery be for that length?

thanks for responding bro
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Posted on Nov 22, 2023, 4:19 pm
#6
Dont be stupid, do just femurs
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Posted on Nov 23, 2023, 2:11 am
#7
 Just do femurs way safer,cheaper and you be walking normally faster as well. If you just do femurs you are looking at 4-5 months post removal.
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Posted on Nov 23, 2023, 4:39 pm
#8
You can do the surgery for limb lengthening with dr. Yasser Elbatrawy in Cairo.The only sure is that you will never work like before,just because you will never walk normally again.I  did the surgery with him in 2019.Even now,i have daily problems and i am not able to work.But this is not the main problem.
The main problem is that he destroyed my both knees and tibias.I have problems on both legs and this shows how dangerous and irresponsible this doctor is.
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Posted on Nov 24, 2023, 1:28 am
#9
Why would you do quadrilateral lengthening if you are planning to extend only 6cm.
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Posted on Nov 24, 2023, 1:48 am
#10
Hey
Can you elaborate on your situation?
Did you do pure external tibias?
What was the complication?
If you can share...
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