Lumiere - External Tibiae with Dr. M. Catagni (Italy)

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My ballerina foot are completely gone away, now, after 7 days I didn't lengthened more, I can easily stand barefoot with my foot completely touching the ground. I'm thinking about try to do one centimeter more, but I'm not so sure of that... Tomorroy I'm going to have my consultation, I'll ask if it could be good to do some cyclette at home and what he thinks about doing one centimeter more...

See ya!

Lumiere

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How is all going?

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Sorry for the absence.

I had my consultation and Catagni modifies the Ilizarov frames in order to correct the disalignment. Now I'm correcting the deformity, I'm close to the end, this is a picture of my left Ilizarov frame with the new mechanical joint:

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As you can see, rings are not parallel right now, this is because of the correction.

I'm pretty fine and Catagni told me I'll be frames free in september or october.

If you have any question just ask!

See ya,

Lumiere

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how many cm have you done finally lumiere?

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6.5, but I think they are 5.5 of real height... I'm now about 169 cm tall.

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Clip of me walking soon on this spot!

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Hey guys,

I'm feeling pretty good, I can now walk also without crutches, but I don't wanna do it because I think it could be too soon... Tomorrow I've my consultation with Catagni... I'm too lazy to record and upload a clip, sorry guys

Lumiere

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Hello, I am interested too in doing external tibiae with catagni since I live in Italy .. How is. Your recovery doing?  When does he remove the frames?

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Quote from: lumiere on April 27, 2015, 04:14:27 PMHey guys,

this is just to share my LL experience with dott. M. Catagni (Lecco, Italy). Below some information:

Initial height: 163.5cm
Date of operation: 5th March 2015
Start lenghening at 20th March
Lengthening ratio: 0.75mm/day (I have one ostheotomy in my tibiae and one in my fibulae)
Target lengthening: minimum 6cm, max 7.5 cm

I'm now at 29mm.

Lumiere

Hello sir, any updates?

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Hey guys,

I could say I'm okay, I'm having my first walkings without cruches, and I tipically use just one cruch... On 5th August I'm having a consultation with Catagni, I think I'll have my frames off at the end of September, it's so close and I really can't wait for it.

Lumiere