Is 4 cm tibias+4 cm femurs safer and easier than doing 7-8 cm femurs?

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Quote from: Beemer m3 on December 04, 2023, 12:30:55 PMtheres a guy on this forum that did 7 cm on his femur n 1.3 inches on his tibia. his name is height journey on youtube. hes pretty tall now. theres also alot of videos on youtube that does it on all four sides. there mainly like 10 cm+.
What do you mean by 4 sides? I thought it was 2 segments, femur and tibia, though  I have heard the term "quadrilateral" before. Sorry still a noob when it comes to LL and trying to inform myself.

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Quote from: Kintaeryos on December 02, 2023, 09:57:21 AMIf I understand it correctly, risk of complications isn't defined by how much you lengthen overall, but per segment. Would that mean that doing 4 cm on the femurs and then later 4 cm on the tibias is safer than doing 7 or 8 cm on the femurs only? Or does the increased risk from doing tibias (since most people agree femurs are safer) make them about equal in risk?

Also, does splitting the lengthening into 2 separate short surgeries/post-op recoveries like this make it more bearable? You lengthen 4 cm, a relatively small increase, then come back after a while and do the same instead of doing 8 cm in one difficult go?

1 surgery is always less risky than 2 surgeries.

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There are different opinions. I think that doing 3 cm in the tibia and 6 months later 4 cm in the femur is better, than 7 cm only in the femur.

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3 cm for the tibia is safe, 4 cm for the femur is very safe. I haven't seen any comments about complications when the tibia is lengthened by less than 4 cm and the femur by less than 5 cm.

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Quote from: Robert Adam on December 04, 2023, 02:53:16 PMThere are different opinions. I think that doing 3 cm in the tibia and 6 months later 4 cm in the femur is better, than 7 cm only in the femur.
Quote from: Robert Adam on December 04, 2023, 02:53:16 PM3 cm for the tibia is safe, 4 cm for the femur is very safe. I haven't seen any comments about complications when the tibia is lengthened by less than 4 cm and the femur by less than 5 cm.
Thanks, I'll keep it in my mind when I have a consultation in the distant hypothetical future.

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Quote from: Kintaeryos on December 04, 2023, 02:35:23 PMWhat do you mean by 4 sides? I thought it was 2 segments, femur and tibia, though  I have heard the term "quadrilateral" before. Sorry still a noob when it comes to LL and trying to inform myself.

4 sides I meant by quadrilateral but didn't know how to spell it lol

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Quote from: Beemer m3 on December 05, 2023, 06:20:03 AM4 sides I meant by quadrilateral but didn't know how to spell it lol
So 4 sides/quadrilateral means 2 segments * 2 legs?