Paley European Institute VS Dr. Giotikas

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Quote from: Nicose on July 06, 2023, 04:09:23 AMI’m thinking of choosing dr giotikas to do precice 2 on my tibias to get 5cm but i don’t think u would recover 100% since u r lengthening too much on one bone i read a lot of articles and all them said up to 5cm is a low risk and anything above have way more chance of complications and extra surgeries so that’s why i wanna get only 5cm and on my tibias cuz i like long tibias lol

Unless you have abnormally short tibias naturally, don’t do just tibias. Femurs are safer and will pose less complications.

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Have u already done the surgery ¿
Yeah i changed my mind I’m gonna do femur cuz i don’t wanna get arthritis lol
But only 5cm cuz dr paley says it’s safer and there would be way less chance of complications 

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I Quote from: Nicose on July 07, 2023, 11:52:25 AMHave u already done the surgery ¿
Yeah i changed my mind I’m gonna do femur cuz i don’t wanna get arthritis lol
But only 5cm cuz dr paley says it’s safer and there would be way less chance of complications 

Yeah, I already did 8cm on femurs and am currently consolidating. I had it pretty easy overall. No nerve pain. My right knee (and only my right knee) wasn’t able to fully straighten out once I got past the 6cm mark or so. However, a month after I finished lengthening, it’s almost back to being completely straightened out.

< 6cm on femur = low risk
6-8 cm on femur = medium risk
8+ cm on femur = high risk

Really though it comes down to lengthen and observe. As long as your legs are stretching well throughout the process, you can keep pushing further. Your surgeon / PT *should* stop you if they think you shouldn’t push further