Is 6.5 cm femur Lengthening a safe and realistic goal?

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Quote from: short on August 17, 2019, 11:49:46 PMfemur has big and strong muscles all around the bone compared to tibia.

So better with "LON" for tibia?

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Yes, however nail in tibia usually leads to lifetime knee pain.
tbh LON sucks, by complications you can't do any corrections, it only moves in one way.

Best choice if possible:
femur internals
tibia externals

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Quote from: short on August 18, 2019, 01:14:24 AMYes, however nail in tibia usually leads to lifetime knee pain.
tbh LON sucks, by complications you can't do any corrections, it only moves in one way.

Best choice if possible:
femur internals
tibia externals

tibia externals -> What is external method ? ilizarov ?


I did not understand.

There are two nails.

1. Fixed nails
2. Moving nails

In the LON method, an external device is mounted on leg. This device for lift the weight of the body. And lengthening of 1 mm each day. (patient do manually)

In the past, moving nails cannot walk during the procedure. These nails were then developed and updated to lift the weight of the body.

Both have nails. The differences are moving and not moving.

on outer leg inflammation etc. complications. with LON method.
(screws in the leg)

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Quote from: Steffan on August 14, 2019, 12:44:10 AMIs it safer to lengthen the Femur?
(I know nothing is safe, but just asking from technical perspective of the surgery). How much lengthening do you recommend? I'm going Turkey and doing LON Method for 15$K.  (I'M 161cm)

which method external or internal ?

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Quote from: montahn on August 18, 2019, 06:27:49 PMwhich method external or internal ?

LON method. Fixed nail and external mounted.

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