Quote from: Beemer m3 on March 08, 2024, 06:52:38 AMI did 7 days in hospital. 2 months lengthening Including hospital stay. 40 days pt then went home 16 hr flight with crutches. Stayed home for like 2 months. It was cold n raining so I didn't walk much with crutches. Didn't go gym but I can work now.
Quote from: Beemer m3 on March 21, 2024, 08:01:39 AMi dunno what latn is but if u have nails inserted you can focus on your knees and ankles. i did step ups and down on a wooden chair stable enough to stand on. held onto a table and an angle board for my ankles. during those 2 months at home i was at home with crutches and using a cane. u might have a gait where u can wear a jacket to hide it. im just walking and going up stairs at work and using that as physical therapy. so yeh.
Quote from: ekero on March 21, 2024, 09:05:25 AMShort description of LATN:
"The procedure was also introduced to reduce the time of external fixation. The procedure is quite similar like LON, this also required two surgical procedures but in LATN first surgery is done for the osteotomy and external fixation and once the desired distraction is done the second procedure is done to remove the external fixation and insert the intramedullary nail.
Pins and wires are placed to allow subsequent intramedullary nailing. At the end of the distraction phase reamed the large diameter, full length, statically locked intramedullary nails are inserted and the frames are removed. This is suggested that reaming through the regenerate enhances and quicken the bone healing.
In LATN lengthening the patient will allow the partial weight bearing during the consolidation period with the help of crutch and walker."
So the nail is inserted after distraction. Im gonna look into this a bit more. Im not sure if the Russian surgeons offer ilizarov but that would be interesting as well. Im looking to avoid a stay more than 3-4 months at most if possible and safe.
How many % have you recovered would u say?
Quote from: Beemer m3 on March 22, 2024, 08:55:26 AMlatn oh yeh just as i thought. more of European and Russian countries are doing that.
i was watching alot of videos from there fb and notice 40 days after lengthening to walk with crutches is healthy and good enough to go home and not use pt. but expect to do your own pt. on paleys website recommend 6 hrs of pt a day from start of lengthening to whenever. rn its almost 5 months after lengthening n im walking with a slight gait on my hips but its not noticeable. if i cant walk straight i can limp it out. sometimes i need to balance my self walking. i cant run down stairs like one leg each going down step by step and do it fast. my ankles n bones arent fully healed. it feels like jumping down which i cant do.
sometimes when i stand up from my car you can see my back bent and u have to straighten it out with chest up. just stiff not like natural like when u grew up.
Quote from: CLLvet on March 22, 2024, 08:55:26 AMI did LATN in Greece last year. 6.2 cm lengthening. I was fully weight bearing (and mobile with crutches) during the entire lengthening period. As soon as I finished lengthening, we removed the frames and inserted an internal fracture nail to stabilize the bone. I continued to be able to walk with crutches after the frame removal/ nail insertion surgeon. And my recovery afterwards was fairly quick (in my opinion).Hey man, thanks alot for the reply! Its very helpful when its coming from an actual LATN patient. Do you have a diary for your process? I would like to know many things, for example:
Let me know if you have any questions about LATN specifically (or about the process in Greece). Good luck.
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