ah yeah for knee bending you could use CPM. it would help you to accomplish 65deg in short time, everyday you could gain around 2-5 deg. after 65deg I think there is no need to use it.
there is this release machine too which can help your muscle around the knee to relax so you can bend it easily ..
Quote from: Disobedient on January 27, 2015, 05:14:45 PMWow, this is something!!..
so you lengthened 15cm at tota
Not yet, I'm only done with the first stage, so I lengthened 7.5 cm. I need to fix my knee bending now so I can go for the second surgery. I'm very optimistic about regaining knee ROM, because I'm also very determined. I'm now waiting for the pin wounds to heal, so I can start working on it HARD. I'll probably regain it even earlier, mark my words 
I didn't have duckass, as I was walking from the first day of the surgery. Knock knee you mean x-legs? No, neither that. I had a misaligment problem during the lengthening on my femur but it was corrected at that time, my last x-rays show perfectly straight bone. I'll upload them tomorrow
The CPM machine seems very good, thanks. Though I'm afraid I'll have a very hard time finding it here in Russia lol. I'll probably have to stick with soviet-methods of just hanging weights on my feet.
QuoteI'll probably regain it even earlier, mark my words
note it down , I'll be checking in you seeing the progress you made so far ..
maybe you could share the routine exercises you do/will do to regain your knee rom when you have some time.
Hey exclide!
Die you do your surgery with Dr. Solomin (I am assuming it because you are doing it in St. Petersburg)?
I am planning to get either my femurs or tibias done by him this summer. Would you recommend him and how is your impression so far?
Greetings!
Hey Exclide, Do you know if Doctor Solomon and the hospital make a invitation for international patient for visa application process?
My doctor is Dr. Kulesh. Him and Dr. Solomin are in the same team. Can't comment much on Dr. Solomin, sorry, all I know is that he's very experienced in his field.
I'm not sure if they send invitations, I'm a local myself.
wat is the cost of surgery for 7cm? i do not understand about cost of surgery
wich city of Russia the hospital locate?
can u give me the email of ur doctor or hospital?
Quote from: tikal on January 30, 2015, 05:52:06 AMwat is the cost of surgery for 7cm? i do not understand about cost of surgery
wich city of Russia the hospital locate?
can u give me the email of ur doctor or hospital?
I don't think my doctor works with international patients, but you can contact Dr. Solomin: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=844.0 They're working closely together from what I've seen. The surgery cost me around 4000$ without staying costs and it was around 70$/day if you wanted to stay at the hospital, but you don't have to. That was before the ruble drop. Also, keep in mind that I'm from Russia myself, they might and probably have different prices for international patients.
And the city is Saint Petersburg.
Here's an x-ray from the last lengthening day, sry can't find the other version it's such a mess, I have like 200 x-rays.
Hi exclide, thanks for enlightening us on Dr Solomin and his hospital.
I was wondering if you know the prices in rubles separately for the procedure and for the stay, since it would be better to convert directly now that the ruble is so low. Something like:
Surgery only for externals including devices = ... rubles
Surgery only for LON including devices = ... rubles
Stay in a single bedroom per day = 2200 rubles (i think you've already answered this one before)
Stay in a multi-bed ward per day = ... rubles
Also, how many wire rings (levels) does the external device for tibias have? I mean, does the external device pierce your skin only near the knee and the ankle (2 levels) or also in the middle of the tibia (3 levels)? Are there any pictures of the device he uses for tibias? Is it like an hexapod?
Another thing, is the fibula fixed by the device itself or do you have an extra screw holding it in place?
Could you post a picture of one of your tibia x-rays? I'd really like to see the alignment of the fibula, since this is very important for me.
Thanks.
The surgery cost was 140000 rubles with 2 weeks hospital stay included. After that if you wanted to stay, you had to pay 2200 every day for a single bedroom. I didn't do LON, as I insisted on pure external, so I can't know the price. Not sure about multibed either. But all those prices they don't mean anything now I'm afraid, I've already heard they're increased for locals, and they will most likely charge international patients even more, idk. Your best bet would be contacting Dr. Solomin and asking him.
They use classic Ilizarov externals, no hexapod, it had 3 levels, the only modification was in the inside-bone elements that they use aren't just wires or pins, but rather mostly bolts.
I'm pretty sure they fixate fibula with the device (I think they use wires/pins for the fibula and thicker bolts for the tibia itself, not sure). I actually didn't have any pins at all on my femur external, only bolts. I'll try to find some x-rays.
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