Penguinn- Precice II internal femurs with Dr. Parihar

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Also Dr. Parihar saw my x-rays, they checked out and said we will start lengthening on the 7th day post op. Man, I cannot wait.

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Quote from: Penguinn on September 22, 2016, 06:03:19 PMSurgery took 10 hours so they, especially mom were worried sick. All good now.
3 PTs...forgot all their names. Dark skinned guy who is the seniormost PT and has worked here more than a decade, fair short woman and a woman that has worked here less than a month. Amazing how the last cute chick got my bend from 45 to 60.

Glad they're at ease.

The first PT sounds like Mr Chaudhary. Have you worked out yet whether a PT will do home visits or will you do the PT on your own with family to assist you in getting a better stretch in? Oh and did you ever meet the representative from Ellipse considering you paid for him to be there? Or did he only arrive after you were knocked out and left before you got to see him?

Quote from: Penguinn on September 22, 2016, 06:08:49 PMAlso Dr. Parihar saw my x-rays, they checked out and said we will start lengthening on the 7th day post op. Man, I cannot wait.

That's great! And one of the best parts about you doing internals is that you don't have to spend two hours a day cleaning pin sites and changing bloody/scabby dressings.

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10 hours? Damn...

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Quote from: KiloKAHN on September 22, 2016, 06:12:55 PMGlad they're at ease.

The first PT sounds like Mr Chaudhary. Have you worked out yet whether a PT will do home visits or will you do the PT on your own with family to assist you in getting a better stretch in? Oh and did you ever meet the representative from Ellipse considering you paid for him to be there? Or did he only arrive after you were knocked out and left before you got to see him?

That's great! And one of the best parts about you doing internals is that you don't have to spend two hours a day cleaning pin sites and changing bloody/scabby dressings.

Yep, it's Mr. Chaudhary. The third PT refuses home visits and travelling to my home in the evening is ideal for the dude, so it will be Mr. Chaudhary if we can get him.

I did not once meet with the representative. Came when I was knocked out, gone before I came to. How did you guess? Is this a regular thing? Maybe he's Santa.

Yeah, I asked about how I was doing compared to Ilizarov patients and the nurses told me about the pin sites. I have some newfound respect for people doing Ilizarov, especially alone in another country.

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Quote from: YourSpaceBoyfriend on September 22, 2016, 06:28:31 PM10 hours? Damn...

From the time I went in to when I came out. Although most faulty nails(0.3% I hear) happen due to the surgeon hitting it in too hard, Parihar did a textbook perfect procedure and it still happened. I'm a real statistic, huh?

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Quote from: Penguinn on September 22, 2016, 06:32:13 PMFrom the time I went in to when I came out. Although most faulty nails(0.3% I hear) happen due to the surgeon hitting it in too hard, Parihar did a textbook perfect procedure and it still happened. I'm a real statistic, huh?

I believe Dr Birkholtz experienced a faulty nail, too.

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Congratulations Penguinn. I knew you would do it and be OK!

How do you know that Parihar did a textbook perfect procedure? Did he say that? Monegal says all his surgeries are perfect and they aren't. Some surgeons aren't to be trusted. Parihar seems good but I don't trust LL surgeons anymore.

It's good to know that the rod could be tested in the OR and it failed and it was changed. Monegal said it was one of the main disadvantages of Precice against Fitbone, that it couldn't be tested, but in fact the Fitbone rod has failed sometimes in OR and they did nothing to replace it like in your case and patients had to have new surgeries.

10 hours for 2 legs is good including anaesthesia and recovery room. I know about people who spent 10 hours down there for one leg!

By the way you should have met the Ellipse representative if you paid for it.

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I think the doctor did a textbook procedure, you can be sure because just one nail falied not both, so was a mistake from the company.

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This demonstrates he knows how to do it, but it doesnt' necessarily mean he does only perfect procedures
Im just playing the devil's advocate. Nothing against Parihar! He seems good enough to me and honest!

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Yes, perfect surgeries just Sarin.