Quote from: dinozzo on March 28, 2019, 08:49:34 PMOk, are you a patient? or a doctor? or just an opinion?
just want to know, and btw am home.
you are new to this community. People have become permanently cripple. Others permanently wheelchair bound etc.
This is not a game. Do externals on femur and u're certain to have long lasting problems.
im currently lengthening
Ok but lengthening with what method?and what part of your body? and when did you do the surgery and which doctor?
Can you please be more clear?
Quote from: dinozzo on March 28, 2019, 09:00:47 PMOk but lengthening with what method?and what bone? and when did you do the surgery and what doctor? Can you please be more clear?
why is it even relevant to your question?
dont do femur external. the only people who are capable of successful femur external are usually trauma/deformity surgeons. these people are not in the cosmetic LL business.
There are only a handful of surgeons in CLL world that can do external femur. And believe me, they are not cheap. and they certainly are not from turkey or any country close to it.
just dont do it, you will live to regret for rest of ur life.
All good doctors, in fact all legitimate doctors advise external for tibias and internal for femur. External femur really would be too tough, don’t go that road. And 8cm is top high a target, the higher you go, more the risk. 6- 6.6 should be the limit .
Oh man please don't do external femurs. The femur muscles are really strong and will pull against the nail, causing a LOT of pain. This is why most doctors don't recommend external femurs. External tibias is painful too but not as much as femurs (so I've been told). Please consult more than one doctor about this!
http://index.limblengthening.com/casehistories/ch71/ch71.html here you can see the external fixator am talking about, used by doctor rozbruch on a femur, but if you say it's too tough , then i will reconsider it. is it just the pain?because the external fixator will be removed was the distraction is over.
Thank you all
I would love to see any examples of patients or scientific proof of femur LON being more dangerous than tibia LON. Yes whenever an external device is involved (no matter pure external or LON), surgery on femur is more painful, but in which way it is more dangerous or risky than tibia? Why in world it should be? In fact, femur bone tends to consolidate faster than tibia, and this is a plus. And not everyone can lengthen tibia because some people already have long tibia/short femur. There may be methods like Precice 2 and Stryde. But does everybody have budget for this? LON is still a good option for many patients who are tight on budget. The internal nail shortens the time spent with external devices, and it stabilizes the bone too (preventing misalignment of bone).
For people who don't have the money for internal methods, are brave enough to tolerate pain, and take care of themselves (pin site cleaning, physiotherapy, overall hygiene), can consider LON on femur. I am yet to see someone who proves the opposite.
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