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Changedestiny
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Posted on Aug 22, 2017, 1:06 am
#101
Quote from: onemorefoot on August 21, 2017, 05:23:50 AMAt your age bone formation is not that good. In my opinion dont put in risk And just enjoy your Life. But you want this, better go for the pure external way, if you have bad bone formation the gap can be compressed. If you go for LON, there can be more complications And if you get some misalignment you have to be operated again. The amount you want is quite a lot for your height. ATL is maybe the worst choice one can do, becuase your feet Will feel strange forever. But if you want 7.5, ATL may have to be done. If I can ask you, where are you from?
Thank Onemorefoot for replying me
I am from Vietnam.
I thousand time whisper to myself that I should accept my height as I am now. But you know, we just live once. I sure I will feel regret whole remain of my life because I didnot do any think to improve it , but I will  also regret if I destroy my life by making a risky decision at my age. What should I do?

As far as I know, LON is lengthen over nail. It means chance to misalignment the bone will be very very small. The nail intramedullary will help to make sure the bone align properly . LATN and pure external LL which let the bone develop freely so the chance of misalignment increase. Is this correct or I understand wrong? An advantage I see with LATN over LON is that the intramedullary nail put inside after lengthening can be of a larger diameter than the one put inside the bone canal during lengthening with LON, so consolidation will be quicker in LATN and less harmful for bone development. 
I rather go with LATN but in Vietnam, LON is more feasible and practical because doctor just know about LATN but never practiced it.   
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Dhdhdjuru
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Posted on Aug 22, 2017, 3:02 am
#102
Hi there,
You can do cross lengthening in Russia with either Dr. Solomon or Dr. Kulesh like myself. Basically in the first procedure they lengthen the right femur and the left tibia and in the second procedure they lengthen the opposite. The reason for this is because the external method could be extremely irritating if you have to large cages only on the femur bone. Russia is also relatively cheap if we were to compare it to the doctors in europe let alone the U.S. Rent is not too expensive and the doctors are very supportive as far as I have heard. Also note that these doctors have succesfully done many operations before so I would say you are in safe hands. I know that being extremely short sucks. I can only imagine your situation. So if you are short on time/money then Russia is a safe bet my friend otherwise you can spend more and do it in europe. Dr. Kulesh could lengthen 15cm for you if you wish. A member on these forums did the same. If you want I could give you dr. Kulesh' email.
Hope you fet what you want bud.
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ramaka
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Posted on Sep 14, 2017, 11:17 pm
#103
Quote from: ItsMyLife on March 04, 2015, 05:01:38 PMIm at 5.5 cm and still no nerve pains. Im only on paracetamol and lyrica 75 mg (stopped tramadol for a week). I will listen to my body and stop if it gets too pain..

I know this is a long time ago but how has the recovery went for you like can you run and walk without a problem
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Hamiltonzac
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Posted on Mar 7, 2018, 3:10 pm
#104
Do you guys think it's better to do 8cm in Tibias alone or do cross lengthening and gain 9-10cm in both tibia and femur? I do fantasize about being much taller but then again I don't want to get 'too' greedy.
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FormerKidd
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Posted on Mar 7, 2018, 4:24 pm
#105
Quote from: Nabiee on March 06, 2018, 01:36:34 PMHey muse.. and hello everyone here. I’m planing to do PRECICE surgery, from Turkey. Can somebody tell me here, where I can find the most cheapest PRECICE method on this planet? Lengthening Amount Recommended
I want to add 3.5 inches femur.
Unfortunately, I believe the maximum for the PRECICE rod is 8cm, which is about 3.15 inches.

Quote from: Hamiltonzac on March 07, 2018, 03:10:30 PMDo you guys think it's better to do 8cm in Tibias alone or do cross lengthening and gain 9-10cm in both tibia and femur? I do fantasize about being much taller but then again I don't want to get 'too' greedy.
It is generally easier to add more length on the femur, also, there was a study posted here correlating long tibias with certain late-life issues.
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Posted on Mar 7, 2018, 5:35 pm
#106
Quote from: Hamiltonzac on March 07, 2018, 03:10:30 PMDo you guys think it's better to do 8cm in Tibias alone or do cross lengthening and gain 9-10cm in both tibia and femur?

Overdozer did 7.5 cm in both tibias and femurs at 167 cm, so you never know, but 8 cm for your tibias sounds bad on paper. You really won't know what your body can handle until you start lengthening.

If you can afford it, cross-lengthening sounds like the more reasonable way to go. You could do something like 6 cm tibias and 7 cm femurs, that'd be within a safe range for both sets of segments. And who knows, maybe your doctor will say that you can lengthen a little more than that.
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ramaka
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Posted on Mar 7, 2018, 6:10 pm
#107
Quote from: Hamiltonzac on March 07, 2018, 03:10:30 PMDo you guys think it's better to do 8cm in Tibias alone or do cross lengthening and gain 9-10cm in both tibia and femur? I do fantasize about being much taller but then again I don't want to get 'too' greedy.

For me personally I’d say cross lengthening for example if you do say 5cm + 5cm it would keep your leg proportions even also you would have noticeably longer upper legs that’s why I’m personally thinking about cross lengthening
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Hamiltonzac
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Posted on Mar 7, 2018, 7:54 pm
#108
I agree with everyone, it's not so much the money thats the issue but I'm worried about not being able to handle 2 surgeries of lengthening, menatally speaking.
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OverrideYourGenetics
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Posted on Mar 8, 2018, 3:32 am
#109
Quote from: Hamiltonzac on March 07, 2018, 07:54:19 PMI agree with everyone, it's not so much the money thats the issue but I'm worried about not being able to handle 2 surgeries of lengthening, menatally speaking.

I'm going quadrilateral and had the same worry about pain and mobility.

Pain: look into my research on alternatives to painkillers

Mobility/independence: I reasoned that I won't have use of my legs after one surgery for 6 months, so if I add another one 3 weeks into the 6 months, it won't make much of a difference. I've read two QLL patient diaries (IAmReady and Vitruvius) and it wasn't clear how much worse things became after the second surgery.
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RaaX
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Posted on Jun 19, 2018, 8:05 am
#110
more than 6cm on femurs starts looking disproportional and more than 4cm on tibias.
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