LON on femur

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Hi everyone,  I have a question regarding limb lengthening method. What do you think about lengthenig with Holyfix method (monorail)  and then nailing (LON) on femur. Is that so difficult as it is written on forum by some people? Some doctors say  that LON on femur is easier than LON on tibia

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Quote from: myloginacct on February 05, 2018, 04:03:25 PMWhich doctors say that?

And everyone here thinks externals on femurs are hell.

Here is the answer of Dr Mehmet Kocaoğlu written in this forum. I think his answer is based on monorail system and then nailing
+In your experience, compared to tibial lengthening with the ilizarov frames, how much more difficult of a procedure will be femoral lengthening with LON
for the patient?
-Femoral lengthening with LON technique is much easier than in tibiaes (legs).

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Doctor in my mind is Dr Serkan Gurcan, he is only doing surgery with LON method with Holyfix method for cosmetic purposes. He also said me that walking, mobility are easier in tibia compared to femur. But I said I want to lengthen my femur, then he said no problem we can lengthen your femur
Below you can see one of his patients after 12 hours tibia lengthening,  P.S not all  patients are like that. Everyone ' situation can be different you know

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Please read carefully my post, It is Lon method, instead of 9 month it will be about 3 month and it is monorail device not ilizarov. It will not be around my femur.

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Quote from: Body Builder on February 06, 2018, 01:09:39 PMAnything else than fully internals is comoletely stupid and barbaric for femurs.
Monorails is the worst nethod of lengthening and having external frames on femurs (even monorails) means that you'll suffer from pins cuting through your muscles. Cemurs are not like tibias, there are muscles everywhere and if someone thinks that having screws cuting through them is something easy then he'll learn from the hard way.

I've said it before, no respectable doctor does externals on cemurs, if some people here think that they are very clever to lengthen femurs with minimum cost with these crap devices (holyfix! what a name) then so be it. But if they end up cripples then the responsibility is all up to them.

So what we should do? I am sure that I will never be able to afford internal femur,it is hard reality. I already have  long tibias and if I lengthen my tibia, I will look so disproportionatal. I talked to the patient of my doctor who lengthened with Holyfix method, he even didn't say it is that much difficult as you said.  I know there will be much more pain, but he said it can be manageable with painkillers

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My height is 162,  so doing 5 cm  will make me  167 which is not worth to spend more than 15.000 euro I think.  I will withdraw from University,  separate from society just for 5 cm? if I were 165+,  it would be worth. But for my height i am not sure. Anyway,  before deciding which segment to choose, I will ask my doctor to introduce me his patients who have done femur lengthening

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Quote from: myloginacct on February 06, 2018, 02:31:26 PMLL mostly can't make your legs look disproportional. It's all in your head. This is why BDD is often mentioned here.

Try to forget about LL for now.

You shouldn't be doing LL when you haven't finished your higher education. You can't risk something like that for LL. People need to have their lives sorted out and be in a clear state of mind before they can decide on a dangerous surgery like this. You need to look into a psychiatrist or psychologist and live with your height until you have finished your education.

i will not quit my university, just will withdraw for 1 year 3 month.  There is really no way for me, especially for people who are below 165.  I am studying in the best University of my country but I can't concentrate on my lesson well because of my height.  I have been wearing elevator shoes which increase my height by 5 cm for 2 years. But you know what? Just one week ago, my friends said me that it seems like you are wearing heels. And can you imagine how it hurted my heart?  I can't hang out with my friends in the society because of feeling too short, every day when I wake up, I am checking the forum hoping and praying that I can find something new that can help me to feel good. I am really soo tired. And just 2 years left to my graduation day from University.  And  I can't imagine that I will be short till that time

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Quote from: myloginacct on February 06, 2018, 03:23:58 PMI know that you won't quit, but depending on your major it might be hard to get back into proper shape. You could fall back on your studies. Also, LL recovery is really hard, and could take years. That's why it's safer to finish your education first.

I will try to study at home, so that i can continue my education well,  I wiil have 1 year 3 month, I hope everything will be as I am planning.  Thanks everyone for your advice)