i heard it can happen and some doctors don't even measure the difference at mm level.
is there anyone having some opinions or experiences on this?
Quote from: zaozari on June 09, 2022, 12:49:17 AMYou mean a difference between each leg?:Right and left leg rarely have exactly the same lenght. Differences are usually not noticeable when we do our normal life. But if that difference is more concentrated in one segment, good doctors will use lenghtening to reduce the diference, if they don't create a great "inbalance" between legs, that is, getting the knees at diferent heights because one leg would have a "big" femur and the other leg a "big" tibia. In this case either they are more conservative or you elongate both segments. But elongation of both members just fot correcting that minimal diference of up to 1 cm maybe it's not worth, I think.And there's not even the guarantee that all bones react conveniently.
In fact me for example, all my bones have diferent leghts and leg with bigger femur is not the one with the bigger tibia. As I may do only tibial LL i will ask the surgeon what's the.best way to go.
Tha'ts right, i was talking about leg length difference. Thanks, my fault omitting it.
Have you talked about it with doctors? If so, how did they say how they're going to measure and deal with it?
Quote from: motoboarder on June 09, 2022, 01:02:20 AMBefore surgery my right femur was 1mm shorter. After, my right leg was 2mm shorter, IDK why.. I lengthened the right femur for 1 more mm, so basically retained the normal 1mm discrepancy between my legs.
Thanks
How did the doctors say how they're going to measure and deal with it?
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