how safe is 5 cm ?

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Quote from: crimsontide on February 24, 2017, 07:34:53 PM7.5 cm external is not safer than 4 cm... no matter who the Dr is. Unless the Dr  cuts nerves and paralyzes the leg, 7.5cm is much more risky than 4 cm

I was simply trying to advise that a good doctor can make the difference between a good recovery and lifelong disability and in no way suggesting that 7.5CM is safe, I thought it was patently obvious that I believe anything over 5.5CM is high risk and not worth it because I said exactly that.

If given a choice between a doctor like Dror Paley or Rozbruch in lengthening 7.5CM using state of the art of orthopedics, can deal with complications such as misalignment, infection and the rest, fantastic PT, reasonable lengthening time etc. where the other option would be an infamous Indian doctor lengthening 4CM - I would personally choose the former - you may feel different. 

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I completely agree BigPoppaPump, it's so individual to the patient that it's difficult to say what the result will be. All we can say is that the shorter the bone lengthening, the less complications - it's then deciding on the trade off between risk/reward.