Its Time To Get Taller! KrP1 Diary | Bilateral Femurs | Dr Monegal

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Quote from: maximize on October 16, 2015, 07:54:50 PMHi KrP1.

Did Dr. Monegal insert the fitbone retrograde (from the knee)? Rather than anterograde (from the hip)?

If so, what do you think about risks of knee pain and patellofemoral arthritis from the drilling of the femur around the kneecap?

Yes doctor Monegal insert the fitbone by retrograde.
I dont think that knee pain is going to be an issue because dr Monegal aboid to cause damage in the patellar tendon.
For what i have been talking with him there is no risk of patellofemoral arthritis.

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Im at 4cm now so i only need 3cm more to get my goal.
When i look my self at the mirror i can see the difference with before but not a very big difference . I think that when i hit the 6cm mark this will be much more noticeable

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cool.

we're both the same height with the same goal, I'm at 6cm now.

do you know what your final bone length will be in femur and tibia, it's just that most short men have really long femur to begin with, if i had long tibia i would do femurs, but it's the opposite way around for me.

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Quote from: microman on October 28, 2015, 01:52:38 PMcool.

we're both the same height with the same goal, I'm at 6cm now.

do you know what your final bone length will be in femur and tibia, it's just that most short men have really long femur to begin with, if i had long tibia i would do femurs, but it's the opposite way around for me.

Tibia 36.5cm. Femur... it depends from where you measure. If i measure from the top of the head of the femur 44.5

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wow thats wierd so originally there was only 4cm between your tibia and femur before your operation?

good choice on doing femur then as otherwise you could only do 4cm on tibs.

i had 9cm so i am lucky to be able to do tibia.

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Quote from: KrP1 on October 28, 2015, 02:59:13 PMTibia 36.5cm. Femur... it depends from where you measure. If i measure from the top of the head of the femur 44.5
So your femurs had a length of only 38.5cm's? That's really short. So your new ratio might be closer to the 0,8\1 than your old one.

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Hahaha. No . This measurements are pre-op . So femur length will be 51.5cm.
My ratio was 0.82 before surgery if the femur is measured from the top of its head or 0.85 (43cm) if measured from the center of the  head.
So my tibia was longer in proportion before lengthening.

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oh right so you had 8cm between them, so now there will be 15cm post op.

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Yesterday i went with Dr Monegal to do new Xrays. Everything was ok and i could see good bone callus formation.
When i stood up near Dr Monegal i could clearly see that there was a diference in height with before. I told him that he has shrunk hahaha. Im at 4.5cm now.

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Hi KrP1,

I am very glad tho listen you your new height.

How is the pain?

you are on a wheelchair or in chutches??

I am going to visit Dr Monegal the next Monday. If you need anything let me know.

Goog luck.