I have finally decided to go through with LL at the end of this year. Need help.

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Body, who would you recommend for external/ Lon tibias?

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Quote from: onemorefoot on March 08, 2017, 01:33:39 AMBody, who would you recommend for external/ Lon tibias?

Catagni would have been my first choice, although I completely disagree with him for doing achilles tendon lengthening. He is a very experienced doctor and has done hundreds of tibial lengthenings and most of the times not for cosmetic reasons.
He is a truly capable doctor and I believe his student, Pili, is capable to so I'd easily trust them for tibia LL.

Also, for tibias I'd prefer externals only, not LON. If you lengthen reasonably (about 6cm) you'll have the frames for 9-10 months and you are completely done, with no need for further surgeries to remove the nail some years after or possible knee pains due to nail etc.

Imo the best option for tibias is external only with good frames like taylor spatial and for femurs internals only with a good nail like precise or fitbone.

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Quote from: Body Builder on March 08, 2017, 02:45:52 AMCatagni would have been my first choice, although I completely disagree with him for doing achilles tendon lengthening. He is a very experienced doctor and has done hundreds of tibial lengthenings and most of the times not for cosmetic reasons.
He is a truly capable doctor and I believe his student, Pili, is capable to so I'd easily trust them for tibia LL.

Also, for tibias I'd prefer externals only, not LON. If you lengthen reasonably (about 6cm) you'll have the frames for 9-10 months and you are completely done, with no need for further surgeries to remove the nail some years after or possible knee pains due to nail etc.

Imo the best option for tibias is external only with good frames like taylor spatial and for femurs internals only with a good nail like precise or fitbone.

Those 10 months are too long though. Unless you have alot of funds and don't care about losing job or seeing friends and family.

What do you say to someone if they ask did you get taller?

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Also, in my case I will be in university in those years, what would you recommend.

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Quote from: yyes on March 07, 2017, 08:13:26 PMHey guys,

I have finally decided that I want to go through with this procedure at the end of this year.
The question is, who should I go to and what method should I use?

Honestly, I am thinking of Dr Birkholtz, Dr Catagni, and Dr Pili. Im a little more nervous about Guichet.

My biggest concern as many of you know are issues such as amputation, death, non union, and permanently walking with a limp.

However, recently other concerns that Dr Catagni and Dr Pili brought about were the fact that they say that femur lengthening is not good aesthetically. They say you should only do Tibias . But then again, if I do tibias with Internals, I run the risk of permanent knee pain. But if I do externals, I would have to not work for almost a year in order to recover.

I am only looking to lengthen 52 mm which is exactly 2 inches.

But now more than ever I am confused.

In an ideal world, I would want to be out for 4 months come back to the states and work since I work in an office environment. But at the same time, I want aesthetics to look good and I want to have most of my athletic ability back as well.

Here is what I have as far as different methods

Internal femurs Pros:
Will be able to recover the fastest

Cons:
Possible fat embolism
Aesthetically speaking, it will look bad having long femurs but short tibias

External Tibias Pros:
Least risky procedure as far as long term consequences go
Aesthetically pleasing

Cons:
Long recovery time
Wont be able to work in frames
Pin site infection posibility

LON/LATN Pros:
Longer time than Precise but shorter time than externals
Can go back to work after frame removals.
Aesthetically pleasing tibias.

Cons:
Risk of permanent knee pain

So I guess I need your guys advice on how to proceed.

Hi, i dont mean to hijack his thread, but any idea if catagni does external tibias with LON/LATN? Also any idea on how much length people shrink by on an average with his externals?

I read lumiere shrunk around 1.5-2cm.

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External Tibias Pros:
Least risky procedure as far as long term consequences go
Aesthetically pleasing

just lol. Tibia is more risky because you have to cut two bones, then who's this doctor that favor tibia among femur!!, Man if you have a good budget go to Guichet, Paley or Rozbruch trust me. Faster walking unaided Guichet, Most experienced Paley and best external is Rozbruch. your choice, Good luck

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Quote from: The Kaiser on March 08, 2017, 06:29:16 AMExternal Tibias Pros:
Least risky procedure as far as long term consequences go
Aesthetically pleasing

just lol. Tibia is more risky because you have to cut two bones, then who's this doctor that favor tibia among femur!!, Man if you have a good budget go to Guichet, Paley or Rozbruch trust me. Faster walking unaided Guichet, Most experienced Paley and best external is Rozbruch. your choice, Good luck

That's what Catagni said as far as better aesthetics.

Why Guichet and not Birkholtz?

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Quote from: yyes on March 08, 2017, 06:31:04 AMThat's what Catagni said as far as better aesthetics.

Why Guichet and not Birkholtz?

Because kaiser is a guichet fanboy, nothing new here.

Go birkholtz for femurs or catagni for tibias.

I would never go to monegal since he prefers to use fitbone for CLL without any weight bearing which is an absolute joke if you are considering breaking both of your legs.

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Quote from: yyes on March 08, 2017, 06:31:04 AMThat's what Catagni said as far as better aesthetics.

Why Guichet and not Birkholtz?

There's a reason why Paley charges more for tibia and recommends to do femurs first. Even in external there is more risk with tibia. If it was not so painful and produced horrible scars more doctors would do externals on the femur.

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Incidentally, are there any threads that post photos of scars on this forum?