I'm at 120 degrees knee ROM currently. I derped when I said I could regain full ROM in just a month. Going steady though, should be able to get another 30-40 degrees in the next month, then I can get my almost-final surgery.
Alright...
I had my surgery at may 25. We decided to do a different method of osteotomy as you can see, it's not a straight cut. Supposedly it aids bone healing time. I had epidural anesthesia plus medications of kind well I was sleeping for the whole procedure. They also had some pump crap left in my spine and I could control the level of pain killing, quite handy the first few days. Started walking on day 4 after surgery using walkers. It hurt.
I'm now feeling much stronger and my femur soft tissues don't hurt as much. I left the clinic and currently I'm at my home.
Idk what else to say. Lengthening still...
any advice for deciding between dr. solomin or dr. barinov?
Remind me a little please.
Have you done your arms?
Isn't it hell being in frames for so long?
Would you recommend doing femurs with external?
I'm a little interested bc I only feel like I need 4-5cm on my femurs bc I got cheated of my first lengthening. I aimed for 180cm but ended up being "only" 178ish.
What do you think the timespan would be for 4cm external femurs?
Thanks.
Hi
are you doing external femurs with full ilzarov rings ? ( I am doing external femur as well, and I am still in the deveice)
Quote from: microman on June 07, 2015, 11:16:43 PMany advice for deciding between dr. solomin or dr. barinov?
I don't have much experience with either. Dr. Solomin, if I understand it correctly, is the master of Dr. Kulesh. So he must be experienced but I don't know about his aftercare. I think he handles his patients to Dr. Kulesh for aftercare anyways.
QuoteRemind me a little please.
Have you done your arms?
Not yet. I will have to do them at this point, considering my final lengthening amount of 15 cm. Height of 182 and arm span of 170. So that's not much of a choice at this point.
QuoteIsn't it hell being in frames for so long?
Would you recommend doing femurs with external?It is a hell. Well I didn't feel any pain during fixation period, but the discomfort is still there, which is mainly because of the ring external on the femur. I for sure wouldn't recommend doing external femurs, unless your budget is really limited. It's just hard to tolerate. However, combining externals with nails and lengthening over a nail isn't bad idea IMO. Then again, you probably still don't want to do it bilaterally, because 3 months with 2 ring frames around your femur while lengthening is still a hell. You'll also have a VERY hard time taking a poop. I'd do LON one femur, then remove external - LON second femur. But that will take 6 months just for lengthening phase. Dr. Kulesh actually had a patient who lengthened 5-6 cm bilaterally on femurs from Germany. I think he was talking about how fun it is taking a crap while standing? Not sure. There was also one patient who installed external femurs and tibias in a way I did (cross-lateral), but then flew away (to his country). Apparently he wasn't ready for it.
QuoteWhat do you think the timespan would be for 4cm external femurs?Usually it's 1.5-2 months per cm lengthened. It was a little lower for me. However, like I said, you probably don't want to do external femurs bilaterally.
Quoteare you doing external femurs with full ilzarov rings ? ( I am doing external femur as well, and I am still in the deveice)That's right. The two rings close to the knee are full rings, but the other one is a modified construction, so you can actually sit... a little. Well you can see it on the x-ray even.
How is your knee ROM?
Quote from: Taller on June 08, 2015, 02:21:17 PMHow is your knee ROM?
I regained full knee ROM on my previously operated femur. On the current femur ROM is like 30 degrees. I don't even bother working on it as it hurts like hell and it's most likely not going to change a thing. I found working for ROM while in externals is counter-productive, as your pins start tearing your skin, they start bleeding, which in the end causes inflammation. After the external is removed, I found regaining ROM is easy and steady.
Quote from: Dozer on January 26, 2015, 01:57:18 AMHey guys! So I just removed the external frame from my left femur, tibia frame was removed like a month age. So far I've lengthened 7.5 cm both on my tibia and femur. I currently have a very light ballerina - my feet don't go past 90 degrees when standing, but when sitting they're ok. Also I can't bend my knee on my femur leg past 140 degrees (straight knee is 180 degrees)
Hi
after you finished femur lengthening but still in the external deveice, how much you were able to bend the knee ?
Quote from: Dozer on February 23, 2015, 07:10:37 PMI'm only done with the first lengthening phase. I'll post some pictures when I'm done with the second phase, hopefully I'll have my surgery in two months.
By the way, I still didn't reach 90 degrees knee flexion. Waiting on my knee splint to arrive.
Hi Dozer
you are saying here you can't bend 90 degrees yet, but you said in your first post (Also I can't bend my knee on my femur leg past 140 degrees (straight knee is 180 degrees, so I currently have 40 degrees of ROM)
did you mean you can bend 140 or 40 ??
and another quetsion please, did your tibia heal faster than femur in your first surgey ?
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