Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on April 01, 2022, 05:03:59 PMNo new/special problems occurred after going past 5, 6, or even 7. Totally unforseeable, yes.
I still keep in touch with one other person (a female) who started out a few inches shorter than me, lengthened just a little more than me, and didn't get compartment syndrome. I had duck feet my whole life (like my father and all his siblings) which was fixed by rotating everything below the osteotomy site during the frame removal surgery. A different orthopedic surgeon (who doesn't do LL) examined me afterward and told me I had flat feet, but I don't know if I had them before LL or not and there's no way of finding that out now, obviously. I don't know if either of these issues had anything to do with the compartment syndrome or not.
About the duck feet, I have had a bit of this. Do you know if it's possible to fix it with internal Precice nails? Or is it only possible with externals?
I had LL in 2007 and I'm still here. Ask me anything!
It could be fixed since it involves the surgeon twisting the leg by hand, below the osteotomy site, during surgery. The device doesn't do anything for duck feet. For an internal it would have to be done during the insertion surgery.
Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on April 01, 2022, 04:44:22 PMI don't think that's an issue. He's done them thousands of times, and he knows how to do them well. Whether he recommends them or not for cosmetic purposes won't affect his performance in the operating room.
I'd say that it might affect his performance.
For tibias, how do LON scars vs LATN scars vs Precise 2 scars compare?
Quote from: SpeedDialer on April 13, 2022, 12:57:37 PMFor tibias, how do LON scars vs LATN scars vs Precise 2 scars compare?
LON and LATN will have the same scars. Precise scars I don't know about, but probably the same internal nail-related scars as they hybrid approach without any pinsite scars.
Hey medium drink of water. After your surgery what would you say was the most important stretches you did?
Thanks
Standing pike with my forearms on the seat of an adjustible-height chair.
Quote from: RolexDream on April 21, 2022, 06:14:44 AMHey MDW,
I see that you recommend 5cm for tibia
What are your thoughts on patients doing 6 or 7+ tibia in places in turkey? Do you think they will be able to recover 100% pre-surgery athletic level?
I think people should stick to 5 cm regardless of where it's done. You most likely won't recover to 100% no matter how little you lengthen. LL is a big deal.
Can you play sports?
Can you run/jump and for how long or how many times?
People are very unclear with Long term effects of LL. Some tell me your max atlethicism is limited and some say you will never run again.
Quote from: oklama on May 04, 2022, 12:42:01 AMCan you play sports?
Yes.
QuoteCan you run/jump and for how long or how many times?
I don't know. I haven't tested my limits in that way and it doesn't sound like much fun.
QuotePeople are very unclear with Long term effects of LL. Some tell me your max atlethicism is limited
These people are right. I'm one of them. It's an issue of biomechanics: longer legs are harder to move than small ones.
There's one member here, Sweden, who was a professional athlete, had LL, and then went back to competing at the professional level. If he'd trained just as hard without having LL, how much better could he be right now? It's impossible to say, but it's reasonable to assume he'd be at least a little more agile.
Quoteand some say you will never run again.
These are people who don't know anything about LL, unless they're talking about people who had botched surgeries.
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