Congrats, I did surgery with them on femurs back in June. You're saying Betz is no longer operating at all and is almost retired?
Quote from: maxheight35 on October 16, 2022, 02:27:41 PMHello Everyone.
Just had surgery with Dr. Becker last week, he’s taking over Dr. Betz practice.
First impression of Becker was a surprise….He’s tall, good looking, great hair, and has great style with his clothes. Definitely the “ideal” look for a man.
Anyway, flew from LA (Los Angeles, CA) to get the surgery. I had consults with almost all of the doctors in the US and with so many limiting factors (mobility, comfort, height in CM) I figured the best of the best is in Germany.
My goal is to do both tibias and femurs, and decided to go with tibias first.
Current height: 160cm (5 ft 3 inches)
First Goal: 170cm (5 ft 7 inches)
Since I have a lot of time on my hands and will be spending the next 30 days here in Germany, I created a new IG account that documents all the progress.
You can follow the IG here:
https://www.instagram.com/maxheight35/
Feel free to ask any questions here and I’ll keep this post updated throughout the journey.
Thanks!
LL with Dr. Becker (successor of Betz) - Instagram Documentary
Quote from: maxheight35 on October 16, 2022, 09:07:01 PMI don’t know the name. It’s the little pink one in the story post. First steps were yesterday, no video of that… it was very hard. However - extremely grateful to even be able to walk few days after surgery!!!
Xarelto
Quote from: maxheight35 on October 16, 2022, 02:27:41 PM
Anyway, flew from LA (Los Angeles, CA) to get the surgery. I had consults with almost all of the doctors in the US and with so many limiting factors (mobility, comfort, height in CM) I figured the best of the best is in Germany.
Feel free to ask any questions here and I’ll keep this post updated throughout the journey.
Thanks!
I'm under the impression that betz nail for tibias is currently the only weight bearing internal tibia option, am I understanding right? Was that a factor in the above?
Dr. Giotikas told us that gnail can't be used for tibia so all the internal tibia patients here in Athens (er well all 2 of them) are all using precise. What are your thoughts on the pros and cons of betz nail for tibias vs precise 2 for tibias?
Quote from: SpeedDialer on October 17, 2022, 07:13:21 PMI'm under the impression that betz nail for tibias is currently the only weight bearing internal tibia option, am I understanding right? Was that a factor in the above?
Dr. Giotikas told us that gnail can't be used for tibia so all the internal tibia patients here in Athens (er well all 2 of them) are all using precise. What are your thoughts on the pros and cons of betz nail for tibias vs precise 2 for tibias?
he walks without crutches 3-4 weeks post op. Even in public. Tibia is so much smoother than femur. I think that fact alone outweighs precice by a lot tbh. Weightbearing is extremely important.
(Also clicking on tibia is easy so i dont see any cons)
tibias = more chances of non union
precice = you can reverse the nail if slow union
Quote from: maxheight35 on October 16, 2022, 02:27:41 PMHello Everyone.
Just had surgery with Dr. Becker last week, he’s taking over Dr. Betz practice.
First impression of Becker was a surprise….He’s tall, good looking, great hair, and has great style with his clothes. Definitely the “ideal” look for a man.
Anyway, flew from LA (Los Angeles, CA) to get the surgery. I had consults with almost all of the doctors in the US and with so many limiting factors (mobility, comfort, height in CM) I figured the best of the best is in Germany.
My goal is to do both tibias and femurs, and decided to go with tibias first.
Current height: 160cm (5 ft 3 inches)
First Goal: 170cm (5 ft 7 inches)
Since I have a lot of time on my hands and will be spending the next 30 days here in Germany, I created a new IG account that documents all the progress.
You can follow the IG here:
https://www.instagram.com/maxheight35/
Feel free to ask any questions here and I’ll keep this post updated throughout the journey.
Thanks!
I am planning to do 1 inch(2.5 cm) tibia with this. How do you do the clicking for the tibia?
Quote from: ten on October 18, 2022, 06:03:22 AMtibias = more chances of non union
precice = you can reverse the nail if slow union
Good point
Quote from: overandover on October 18, 2022, 06:22:51 AMI am planning to do 1 inch(2.5 cm) tibia with this. How do you do the clicking for the tibia?
Please don’t do this surgery for one inch. When I was at 1 inch I noticed 0.0 height change and was quite depressed but the other patients I have spoken to said it’s normal. You really only start to notice at around 2 inches. Around 5cm with tibia is pretty safe and easy. If you really only want 2-3cm you could just get an initial gap of that length with trauma nail and let it heal, no struggles with clicking or lengthening. (Not sure if that’s possible for tibia but for femur it is). Anyways 1 inch LL is wasted money time pain and massive trauma to the body for nothing in my opinion but you probably have your reasons so I am not judging. Just my 2cents
Quote from: RealLostSoul on October 18, 2022, 09:17:22 AMPlease don’t do this surgery for one inch. When I was at 1 inch I noticed 0.0 height change and was quite depressed but the other patients I have spoken to said it’s normal. You really only start to notice at around 2 inches. Around 5cm with tibia is pretty safe and easy. If you really only want 2-3cm you could just get an initial gap of that length with trauma nail and let it heal, no struggles with clicking or lengthening. (Not sure if that’s possible for tibia but for femur it is). Anyways 1 inch LL is wasted money time pain and massive trauma to the body for nothing in my opinion but you probably have your reasons so I am not judging. Just my 2cents
Already did my femurs so doing 2 inches in the tibia might mess up proportions that's why I only want to do 1 inch.
Yeah that’s what I was saying earlier… with all the options out there, the Betz bone just felt like the best move overall. Seems like the best nail, great price, mobility, etc etc
Quote from: SpeedDialer on October 17, 2022, 07:13:21 PMI'm under the impression that betz nail for tibias is currently the only weight bearing internal tibia option, am I understanding right? Was that a factor in the above?
Dr. Giotikas told us that gnail can't be used for tibia so all the internal tibia patients here in Athens (er well all 2 of them) are all using precise. What are your thoughts on the pros and cons of betz nail for tibias vs precise 2 for tibias?
I agree with @reallostsoul on this. If you do another surgery, go for at least 8cm / 3 inches on the tibias.
Quote from: overandover on October 18, 2022, 06:22:51 AMI am planning to do 1 inch(2.5 cm) tibia with this. How do you do the clicking for the tibia?
You must be logged in to post a reply.