How often do femurs break after nail removal?

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It appears that Erkan has broken his femur after falling on ice after his nail was removed 5 months prior (best of luck to him, I cannot imagine how traumatic this is).  As someone who wants to play sports after LL, this is horrifying.  Im just curious how often this type of thing happens.

If you've had LL, have you taken some nasty falls and been fine?

Isnt your bone supposed to be of the same strength as before?  Ive also heard it takes years after removal to fully remodel and actually be as strong.


http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=65955.186

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Quote from: informationispower on February 07, 2023, 06:20:27 PMAlso programdude who did femur ll with precice broke his femur post rremoval

Thanks for pointing out that case.  At least he maxed out the nail and did over 3 inches.  Erkan only did a bit over 5CM.  Now his case was a bit fuzzy because he had to get the rusty stryde nail out and replaced with another nail, Im sure that didnt help.  Truthfully from looking at Erkans x-ray, if he didnt do a small amount of lengthening he was likely going to end up with a larger union issue that might have needed a graft.  I should probably let him speak to his own situation but it appears he wasnt healing well to begin with.  The x-ray must have missed a weak spot where the bone wasnt forming.  Still, super disturbing.  Just goes to show you can do a modest amount of lengthening and still wind up with issues.

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Yeah I was pressing Becker if I could get the nails out under 1 year and he was just like "well see what the x-rays look like".  This is why you need a doctor that tells you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear.  Id rather get the nails out 5 months later than walk on eggshells hoping my legs dont break.

Good supplement list.  Im going to like 8-10k IU vitamin D in consolidation.  Look into Nicotinamide Mononucleotide as well to increase NAD+.

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Ive been taking NMN constantly for probably 5 years at this point.  I havent stopped through the lengthening process.  As you age your NAD+ levels drop off.  So I figure Im just elevating them to a younger persons levels (not that Im that old).  If I consolidate early from it...well then Im an idiot.  But I dont think I will.  But your body needs NAD+ to repair itself, and I figure Im doing a lot of trauma to my body.