I'm disappointed that even the top suregons favor internal method (Rant)

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Quote from: NailedLegs on December 21, 2023, 11:10:47 PMI think I made a pretty good argument for why internals are better, citing all of my sources.

Quote from: NailedLegs on December 21, 2023, 11:10:47 PMIf you're going to do externals, please make sure you pick a reputable Doctor.

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Quote from: Leonard Shelby on December 21, 2023, 11:16:35 PMNo, but Body Builder and Medium Drink Of Water did for externals.

Yeah, absolutely. That applies to whatever method you choose.

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Quote from: NailedLegs on December 22, 2023, 05:21:37 AMBodybuilder and Medium Drink of Water didn't cite a single source. I'm not sure why you said no.

If you took anecdotes and random strangers online over peer reviewed studies and Doctor's statements, I don't know what to tell you. It was a great thread that had differing viewpoints--iron sharpens iron. It sounds like you already made up your mind with doing externals. I wish you good luck. There are reputable surgeons that do externals like Dr. Parihar, and he is probably the most inexpensive option. I understand you want a cheap option, as thats the #1 reason why people do externals. Perhaps you should research him?

I've said it before. I would rather do externals will a skilled and reputable Doctor than doing internal with a butcher like Buldu. Doctor > Method.

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Quote from: Leonard Shelby on December 22, 2023, 05:31:18 AMAs the others have pointed out in that thread, none of your sources are relevant. Minor complications don't mean much, it's only the serious ones that matter.

Even if the prices were the same, I'd still choose external mainly because I prefer the low-invasiveness of externals compared to the shudder-inducing brutality of not one but two major surgeries for internals.

As for the reputable doctors, I believe we have different standards for what qualifies as good doctors. Like I wouldn't do this surgery in India with Dr. Parihar or with an unknown doctor like Dr. Kucukkaya or with a surgeon who has killed a patient like Dr. Giotikas.

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Quote from: NailedLegs on December 22, 2023, 06:13:43 AMYou are trying to justify your bad decisions to make yourself feel better. That's a common thing humans do. I get it.

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Quote from: Leonard Shelby on December 21, 2023, 10:59:10 PMWe would think that if there was an advanced method, it would be something safer and less invasive.

But no, LL used to be a rather simple external method, just separate the the bones in a controlled manner and put the fixators on. Sadly, it's followed up by something a lot of more invasive that would only increase the chance of embolism complications where not only you have to break the bones, but also drill the fukc out of them.

I mean why on earth would you want to do that? (Except for femurs) The original LL (external method) is already dangerous and painful enough that most people won't even do it, the last thing we need is taking more unnecessary risks by doing it internally.

I wish that instead of them being so busy marketing PRECICE or Stryde or what ever the fukc it is called, more efforts and resources are allocated at the perfection of the already existing and superior external method to make it even safer that it has ever been.

More read on this: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=84060.msg265525

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Quote from: JustineCollins on December 22, 2023, 10:48:28 AMWell. I think internals are better because they have less risk of infection and have a limit of few inches to not fall for ballerina syndrome due to more lengthening. thereby internals are easy to manage etc.