Most people think this surgery is crazy. Demand wouldn't go very high no matter how cheap it got.
But the problem on the supply side is that qualified CLL doctors can do other things too. There's no reason for them to lower prices much.
Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on October 21, 2020, 01:53:50 PMMost people think this surgery is crazy. Demand wouldn't go very high no matter how cheap it got.
But the problem on the supply side is that qualified CLL doctors can do other things too. There's no reason for them to lower prices much.
A correction. "Most people think the external fixator surgery is crazy." Then in 2011 the first Precice internal nail was introduced. Precice 2 came out in 2014 which is reversible and increases maximum length from 6.5cm to 8cm. Stryde came out in 2018 and became mostly full weight bearing. All of these internal nail devices became game changers to make leg lengthening and recovery more safer, reliable, and produced less pain. As a result, demand went higher because of these internal nails.
I always thought ramming a nail inside the bone cavity was the scariest part by far. 
Quote from: Stryder2021 on October 23, 2020, 12:06:42 AMBut if you look at animated videos of how surgeons fix a femur or tibia fracture, they ram inside a static rod inside the bone cavity, then insert 2 locking screws at each end, to stabilize it. It's just that the rod is a static piece of metal that doesn't lengthen.
Scary stuff most people only get done because it's medically necessary, though.
Quote from: Body Builder on October 18, 2020, 10:54:40 AMWith externals you need about 40 cm for every cm you gain and you are finished.
With internals you need an extra big surgery fir the removal of the nail till you are comoletely finished.
Also, with externals the surgery is much less invasive and you can correct easily any malunion with tsf.
Finally, tibias LL look better than femurs. On femurs though internal is the only way.
I strongly believe that external tibias is the most safe way to do LL and the less painful one, if you are willing to have frames for about 10 months.
Hi, You seem very knowledgeable. I was actually considering stryde for the femur until I say your post. What about the longer tibia that you like over the femur? For me this is a hard choice because I do like to wear distressed jeans and I fear my knees won't be in the correct spot so the distressed knee part of my pants would be in a weird spot vs over the knee after lengthening. Also I fear my knees looking unusually low my lengthening the femur.
Quote from: Growing on October 25, 2020, 03:10:34 PMHi, You seem very knowledgeable. I was actually considering stryde for the femur until I say your post. What about the longer tibia that you like over the femur? For me this is a hard choice because I do like to wear distressed jeans and I fear my knees won't be in the correct spot so the distressed knee part of my pants would be in a weird spot vs over the knee after lengthening. Also I fear my knees looking unusually low my lengthening the femur.
I am a veteran. Jeans look great with longer tibias compared ti longer femurs.
Also, with longer tibias your foot seems longer than with bigger femurs which.look bulkier but not that tall.
Also, your knee will remain at the same distance from your hips so distressed jeans will look the same. If you do femurs your knee cap will be go more downwards and jeans will look more weird.
Aesthetically tibias look better for me and for most LLers.
Also, as I mentioned, external tibias with tsf is by far the safest way to do LL.
But if you want internal nails, then femurs are easier.
Also, if you want more than 6-6.5cm height femurs are a safer choice too.
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