Phoenix.. Rising !! External Tibias with TSF Frames @ Dr. Dhawan, New Delhi

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Those are some pretty cool looking frames. I'm still surprised that there are TSF's available for that price in India. My local ortho is a trauma surgeon who has used TSF's before and he was very sure that India doesn't even have a patent for their use. I guess there are ways to get around that though 

I was also given the Ultracet painkiller. It's very mild but it was enough for me on most days. Did Dr Dhawan say he can give you stronger ones if you need or does he not like to use strong painkillers as well?

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There are several places in India where they use Taylor Spatial Frame - They have been using it in India at least since 2002. Also other none western country apart from India use Taylor Spatial Frame. All over the world (in western and none western country) when they want to use Taylor Spatial Frame the Hospital/Doctor buy it from a Company just as they do with all other Orthopedic devices.

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Quote from: just_me on May 25, 2015, 12:09:25 PMThe X-rays I have seen from other patients while they lengthen also show no callus formation - so don't worry. You will be fine - You seems to have a good Doctor. Good luck. 

Thanks Just_Me, I was worried about it a lot. May be my genes itself has some slow bone healing problem.

Quote from: KiloKAHN on May 26, 2015, 07:05:40 PMThose are some pretty cool looking frames. I'm still surprised that there are TSF's available for that price in India. My local ortho is a trauma surgeon who has used TSF's before and he was very sure that India doesn't even have a patent for their use. I guess there are ways to get around that though 

I was also given the Ultracet painkiller. It's very mild but it was enough for me on most days. Did Dr Dhawan say he can give you stronger ones if you need or does he not like to use strong painkillers as well?

Thanks Kilokhan, Indian surgeons do use TSF, in fact apart from Dr.Dhawan, I contacted Dr. Milind chaudhary too over email, and he offered TSF too. Not sure if they get it directly from company or from different sources. I will try to ask Dr. Dhawan when I meet him on Wednesday, but I am mostly sure they get it directly from company; at least that's what the impression I got from few discussions with Dr. Dhawan.

Dr Dhawan initially gave me Hifenac D for pain, it is stronger. But 2 weeks back he asked me to take Ultracet only for pain from now on. It is good for me for current ankle pain. He might advice against taking strong painkillers, but I am sure he will give stronger pills if absolutely needed.

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http://www.cellublue.com/index_en.html#home check this out for scar healing hehe

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Quote from: Phoenix on May 19, 2015, 04:30:41 PM
Whenever I talk to her, I can see many uncanny similarities between pregnant women and LLers. She walks slowly; she needs to sleep straight on the back, eat good nutritious food, take lot of medicines, visit doctor regularly, and bare a lot of pain for many months. She has many sleepless nights and struggles to sleep. Except the pregnancy part, almost all the other issues are very similar to any LLer. End result in both the cases is also a new life and a new beginning.


That's a fun comparison.

Also, I can see the TSF looks quite impressive. I can see why people in the hospital were freaked out. I'm surprised he didn't use smaller rings. Congrats on your progress so far. The TSF should give you great results if well done.

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I coming to delhi end of June/July for a consult!

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Quote from: KiloKAHN on May 26, 2015, 07:05:40 PMThose are some pretty cool looking frames. I'm still surprised that there are TSF's available for that price in India. My local ortho is a trauma surgeon who has used TSF's before and he was very sure that India doesn't even have a patent for their use. I guess there are ways to get around that though 


Kilokhan, I checked with the doctor yesterday. He said, he will directly deal with the manufacturer, and there are no middle men. I guess India got the patent now.

Quote from: itzrammi on May 27, 2015, 02:01:36 PMhttp://www.cellublue.com/index_en.html#home check this out for scar healing hehe

LOL.. Are you sure it is for scar healing??! It is for fighting cellulite it seems.. Here's a link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulite

Where do you find all such things bro.. 

Quote from: maximize on May 27, 2015, 11:04:08 PMThat's a fun comparison.

Also, I can see the TSF looks quite impressive. I can see why people in the hospital were freaked out. I'm surprised he didn't use smaller rings. Congrats on your progress so far. The TSF should give you great results if well done.

   Thanks dude..

The frames are available in many ring sizes : 80, 105, 130, 155, 180, 205, 230, 255 & 300 mm.

Mine are 155mm frames. Pre-op, since I couldn't exactly imagine the sizes with out actually seeing the frames, I asked doctor to pick a small size in adults category. He picked 155mm, and said the smaller sizes are mostly used for children. Given a choice, i would have chosen the 130mm frames. But may be they would have been too small. Not sure.

Anyways 155mm are not that huge, they only look huge due to my thin legs. And I have enough room to clean the pin sites easily.

Quote from: upandaway on May 28, 2015, 12:55:28 AMI coming to delhi end of June/July for a consult!

Great.. Let me know if you need any help bro. You can PM me anytime.

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My Pre-Surgery X-Ray:

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Post-Surgery X-Ray (20th April):

Right Leg:



Left Leg:

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IMO your tibia and femur shown in your pre-surgery X-ray has a good shape to get two straight legs after you finish your bowleg correction. I believe you wrote that you will complete your bowleg correction next week. So I think you will have two straight legs next week - Good luck.