Dont get one ... just don't.
I remember back to when an infection started in my bone and they had to give me IV drips throughout the night. I literally couldn't sleep for 2 days. It was more pain than you can ever imagine. You have to keep your leg elevated so as to kill off the bad bacteria.
I was in hospital for 4 days. I had mass swelling in my angle. This is why I will always go for internal options over externals. Even on tibia. The 16% risk of deep bone infection is just too high for me. I never want to experience that level of constant pain again. I was literally writhing throughout the night. I was crying for it to stop and the nurses could do nothing but watch me deal with it for 2 whole days .. 48 hours of constant pain.
Baring in mind my pain threshold is reasonably high as about 5 years ago I snapped my arm clean in 2 pieces (to this day I still have nerve damage) - that's another thing, when people say nerve damage is no biggie .. stop listening to this person immediately - annyway .. I had to endure the bones being pulled apart at the scene in order for me to be taken to hospital.
Just don't get a deep bone infection ... take my word for it, it will most likely be worse than any pain you will experience from the lengthening process.
I haven't done a surgery .. I just know what one feels like due to unfortunate circumstances. It is some of the worst pain imaginable. The IV drips make you extremely drowsy too
MRBones,
Your response was extremely immature, my figures came from consulting with an orthopedic surgeon. You would do well to actually gather all information regarding my position before you try to bring it down. I'm not saying he isn't wrong, but when you hear from a qualified professional as opposed to an angry person on the internet. Well, i'm sure you can guess who I will be more likely to believe.
It might have been that he heard wrong and considered addition procedures in that figure .. or that he may have considered deep bone infection from at different levels of severity in the figure. I don't know.
Please don't post a study with a sample size of 20 and consider it genuinely important. I'm not going to take that seriously.
I have heard that deep bone infection is rare. I would hope so in today's age. However you have never experienced a deep bone infection, I have. I am just posting what my personal experience is with enduring this kind of pain so to shed some light on an unlikely complication.
You would do well to hold-fire when approaching a controversial topic until you have all the facts and have formed a 'proper' case for your point. I know that as a 20 year old ... may I ask how old are you?
Quote from: ShortandStubborn on September 12, 2015, 12:12:46 PMWhat about permanent knee pain with internal in tibia?
This comes from splitting the tendon at the patella from what I can remember. It can be a long term issue. But I don't have any further knowledge to comment further.
Sorry
Quote from: Alu on September 12, 2015, 05:38:18 PMOP hasn't even done LL yet...this is just him going on about an experience of his...Which BTW OP I'd be straightforward with the doctor you choose to have the operation with..that's some important crap.
I will tell him that I have had it before. However I intend to go with internal methods on both segments and so will most likely not even see my subjectivity tested as the chances with internals are as low as 0.001%.
The deep bone infection that I had was caused by a surface wound whilst playing football. I am not a medical man and so I don't know how things like this happen. But I am very sure that when it comes to these types of infection. They are very painful and on top of the lengthening process, its something you really don't want.
Quote from: MRbones on September 12, 2015, 08:56:57 PMfrom kilokahn
thank you kilokahn. you are correct. actually just in case anyone was curious relatively speaking the procedure with the greatest possibility of bone infection is LATN. and that is only because its an internal method combined with external after the externals have been in place.
ok razorfin, let me clarify some things. 1 I am stern but never angry. I just tell you the facts.
I have spoken to many words for you to follow my most important points. so I will speak as little words as possible to get you to understand.
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to rAZORFIN.
1) deep bone infection is very painful.
2) externals are next to impossible to get internal infections.
3) internals (devices) have small but higher statistics for deep bone infection. especially LATN. ie. LATN>internals>external (external actually being the safest category)
4) infection is incredibly rare and no one cares how painful it is because its next to impossible to get so there is no point in worrying your pretty little mind over it like it is a major issue.
Just a question, how old are you?
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