Quote from: KiloKAHN on October 19, 2016, 12:28:48 PMThere was a paper by Dr Catagni showing that a patient died during an Achilles Tendon Lengthening, so the risk is still there, however minute, even doing only one leg lengthening.
if he died by car accident or something, we can't blame LL
Quote from: The Kaiser on October 19, 2016, 12:50:16 PMif he died by car accident or something, we can't blame LL
Hey The Kaiser, You can't possibly be that dumb?! Can you....
The quote is "Died during Achillies Tendon Lengthening" Here, read the quote again.
Quote from: KiloKAHN on October 19, 2016, 12:28:48 PMThere was a paper by Dr Catagni showing that a patient died during an Achilles Tendon Lengthening
You would be doing everyone a favor if read more and posted less. Thanks.
LL and Achilles lengthening aren't the same thing. This big difference that separates them and stay with me here this is where it gets complicated one involves breaking and separating a bone and the other involves cutting and lengthening a tendon? Understand the difference? I could draw you a picture but I'm not a very good artist so that probably wouldn't help
Quote from: YourSpaceBoyfriend on October 19, 2016, 12:35:41 PMDamn, what caused the death?
Quote from: The Kaiser on October 19, 2016, 12:50:16 PMif he died by car accident or something, we can't blame LL
Paper says it was due to pulmonary embolism, which can happen with internal methods that don't require ATL. BilateralDamage had one after his surgery with Dr Paley and had to be monitored.
Strategy in the surgical treatment of achondroplasia: techniques applied in the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology Hospital of Lecco
M.A. Catagni, F. Guerreschi, L. Lovisetti
Between 1982 and 2007, 128 patients with achondroplasia were treated in the Lecco Hospital. 100 of these were treated with sequential bilateral limb lengthening and seven with crossed lengthening. The average tibial lengthening was 14.1 centimeters (range: 6 to 19 cm). The average femoral lengthening was 9.8 centimeters (range: 8 to 12 cm), and the average humeral lengthening 8.3 centimeters (range: 8 to 12 cm).
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The complications were classified as minor, moderate, and severe. Minor complications were those which required only modification of the apparatus during treatment. Twenty-three percent of the lengthenings required some modification of the device during treatment. Moderate complications were those which required additional procedures during lengthening. Forty-two percent of patients fell into this category. Finally, severe complications were those which required another surgery following treatment or had lasting sequelae of the treatment. Twenty-one percent of patients fell into this category. The most common complication was equinus contractures of the ankle which required treatment by tendoachilles lengthening. Two pulmonary emboli were sustained following percutaneous tendo-achilles lengthening. One patient died as a result of this complication.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10261-009-0032-9
And it was someone with dwarfism, damn that just sad.
One LL achondroplasia patient from Ginebreda also died. It was published in the Spanish newspapers and in this forum some months ago. It was a very bad case because the organs of the girl were made disappear so that the cause of the death couldn't be determined and doctors could escape jail. It's a case of negligence now being investigated court.
Some people said patients from Paley and Betz also died but just hearsay in the boards. One person from this forum told me a patient from Betz went to Paley and he died in Operatig room but I haven't proofs of that.
Quote from: Lgazer on October 20, 2016, 08:21:44 PMOne LL achondroplasia patient from Ginebreda also died. It was published in the Spanish newspapers and in this forum some months ago. It was a very bad case because the organs of the girl were made disappear so that the cause of the death couldn't be determined and doctors could escape jail. It's a case of negligence now being investigated court.
Some people said patients from Paley and Betz also died but just hearsay in the boards. One person from this forum told me a patient from Betz went to Paley and he died in Operatig room but I haven't proofs of that.
WTF. That's horrible.
Quote from: Lgazer on October 20, 2016, 08:21:44 PMOne LL achondroplasia patient from Ginebreda also died. It was published in the Spanish newspapers and in this forum some months ago. It was a very bad case because the organs of the girl were made disappear so that the cause of the death couldn't be determined and doctors could escape jail. It's a case of negligence now being investigated court.
Some people said patients from Paley and Betz also died but just hearsay in the boards. One person from this forum told me a patient from Betz went to Paley and he died in Operatig room but I haven't proofs of that.
Its people trying to scare members to not do the surgery. Paley regards safety as the most important thing.
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