Lengthening Amount For Tibia (Merged)

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 24, 2016, 12:42:08 AM  Do I advocate externals? Yes, but only for tibias (internals do seem the better solution for femurs). But the only thing I do advocate is to go to the best surgeon possible (not thinking about budget because money is not an issue here).
  I have chosen Catagni to be the only possible choice (If will do this surgery... I will decide after consultation) because he (with prof. Cattaneo) are the ones that imported limb lengthening from Ilizarov himself to the rest of the world. Catagni and Cattaneo were the ones that tought this method to the rest of the western world (even Paley says it) and as of today, there is almost no one that is as an expert on this technique as much as him(I mean external tibias).

you could very well be right and I agree with a lot of what you're saying too, especially about going to the best surgeons possible for a surgery like this.  agree with your point about deep infections too what I've read about internals since they are inside the bone. and there are risks from having to ream the bone to fit nails.  Catagni seems like a great doctor and if I ever decide to do tibias he'd be one of my top choices.  I just wanted to point out that there are good internal femur cases out there and some of the best doctors focus on internal femurs       

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Quote from: goldenegg on February 24, 2016, 12:55:55 AMyou could very well be right and I agree with a lot of what you're saying too, especially about going to the best surgeons possible for a surgery like this.  agree with your point about deep infections too what I've read about internals since they are inside the bone. and there are risks from having to ream the bone to fit nails.  Catagni seems like a great doctor and if I ever decide to do tibias he'd be one of my top choices.  I just wanted to point out that there are good internal femur cases out there and some of the best doctors focus on internal femurs       

 I dont know how many of the doctors that do internals are as good as they sell themselves... The only internal doctor that I think is a real top notch is baugmart (He visited Tel-aviv's Sorosky medical center many times.. Guichet was never heard of in Israel and Paley was described as a farce by the head of the orthopedic units at the Hadassah medical center of the jerusalem which is our family friend).
 

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I have yet to see a good internal diary as well. It seems like no one really recovers 100% and they're all partially happy with their outcomes. The external tibias all seem more promising and quite frankly that's the route I'm going to take. Just planning my trip now

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 24, 2016, 01:17:56 AM I dont know how many of the doctors that do internals are as good as they sell themselves... The only internal doctor that I think is a real top notch is baugmart (He visited Tel-aviv's Sorosky medical center many times.. Guichet was never heard of in Israel and Paley was described as a farce by the head of the orthopedic units at the Hadassah medical center of the jerusalem which is our family friend).
 

Mitkovic is a top notch doctor. I ve read all the diaries, and they all seem spectacular. People were really happy with the outcome and recovery. Besides, his external device is not as heavy and impossible to hide as the ones of the other doctors. Just because he works in Eastern Europe and charges below 10 000 euro does not mean he is not a top doctor.

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Quote from: aspirant185 on February 24, 2016, 07:30:14 PMMitkovic is a top notch doctor. I ve read all the diaries, and they all seem spectacular. People were really happy with the outcome and recovery. Besides, his external device is not as heavy and impossible to hide as the ones of the other doctors. Just because he works in Eastern Europe and charges below 10 000 euro does not mean he is not a top doctor.

  From my understanding he is retired... That's why I didnt name him. There is also Barinov which seems good. I said that Catagni is one of the best... Not the only one

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Mitkovic is very much active. In fact, he will be active next year too. I am exchanging emails with him and will do the surgery 5 cm - 5.5 cm with him in January - March next year

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Quote from: aspirant185 on February 24, 2016, 10:24:19 PMMitkovic is very much active. In fact, he will be active next year too. I am exchanging emails with him and will do the surgery 5 cm - 5.5 cm with him in January - March next year

K. My bad

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 24, 2016, 01:17:56 AM I dont know how many of the doctors that do internals are as good as they sell themselves... The only internal doctor that I think is a real top notch is baugmart (He visited Tel-aviv's Sorosky medical center many times.. Guichet was never heard of in Israel and Paley was described as a farce by the head of the orthopedic units at the Hadassah medical center of the jerusalem which is our family friend).
 

Most of them are salesmen.

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I don´t have a problem with the Doctors being salesmen, why shoudln´t they make money with their skills (like everyone else)? I don´t care if my Doctor drives a golden ferrari as long as I get a good treatment.
Offensive promotion is a different story, the way Dr. Mahboubian does it is kinda discusting imo.

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who do you plan to go with, a littletooshort?