LON Tibia Final Decision.

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I wish I had enough money to do bilateral lengthening or betzbone lengthening with Dr. Becker

but woof.. I picked the wrong stock. I am stupid.

I am just going to do LON tibia.

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Quote from: Activatedxx on November 22, 2024, 10:24:28 PMSee if you have any sort of bowed tibias or knock knees. Assayag may be able to discount tibia LL for you, I had bowed tibias so I was able to use insurance to pay for the correction codes

So, you did tibia lengthening and knock knee fixation surgeries simultaneously. That's really interesting!

However, I personally don't want to Dr. Assayag because I want 7cm tibia lengthening (although, I am willing to settle for 6.5cm) and

my understanding is, Assayag will only perform the surgery if the patient's tibia lengthening goal is 5 cm.

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Quote from: DanishViking on November 23, 2024, 04:36:23 PMMaybe I'm wrong, but as far as I remember Paley, which is the best surgeon of all time, doesn't do more than 4,5 cm on the tibias, and dr birkholtz doesn't recommend more either, so I if you care about your legs, you should probably stop at that point.

Yes the safe limit is 5 cm on the tibias and 7 cm on the femurs
but I am not satisfied with 5 cm on the tibias. I know for a fact, there are people that have done more than 5 cm on the tibias and live normal lives.
Of course, if you do more than 5 cm on the tibias, athletic ability will not be the same as before but I am okay with losing a bit of athletic ability.