Quote from: OzBoy39 on January 16, 2023, 10:23:01 AMMate, I’m curious really. What makes you say those things about the Gnail or Betzbone.
It sounds to me that it’s You spreading misinformation here. And you’re new to the forum and haven’t had any surgery yet so, why throwing out non senso al things that misinform people?
You do realise the fact that with precice you ain’t moving your butt for at least 3 months yeah?
Whereas with any weight bearing nail (yes they are fully weight bearing) at worst you move around with crutches from week 2. (At best you go without crutches that soon… being careful).
Nail breakage at least with the Gnail are rare to non existent.
Betzbone nail first version had this issue, but then they changed material and haven’t heard of that breaking since.
The “torturous” clicking you refer to is just simply not true. You can ask the 8 or 10 current Gnail patients on this forum. I’ve only ever heard of 1 patient having pre consolidation issues and therefore problems with clicking (V21). I could tell you that at the same time I’ve seen precice patients screaming in pain when elongating their nails….
Last, I notice that in this forum we tend to go about the nails as if it was a soccer team…. My nail is better than yours… your nail is shiiite. My doctor is the best, your doctor is a c..t
Guys, if you’re being paid to support a nail or a doctor, ok that’s your job. If not, don’t be stupid. Don’t write these statement that new prospective patient get all hung up to if you don’t really know things. Just keep that Shiite to yourself or provide evidence behind your statements
He's obviously biased towards the US market/Precice. It's wrong to say that G-nail and Betzbone aren't weight-bearing. If you say otherwise, you're literally just arguing semantics. We all already know that in comparison to Precice, G-nail and Betzbone have higher weight capacity - enough to have greater functionality sooner which is all you really need.
With regards to weight-bearing, the only question you have to ask yourself is: would you rather want to worry about the percentage of load you have to put on your legs each step you take, use a wheelchair, and be out of work for 3-5 months (Precice) or be able to be on crutches and ready to fly back home after a couple weeks (G-nail or Betzbone)?
Saying that G-nail/Betzbone are more prone to breakage doesn't mean anything without a source. What's the context? Was it a device-related complication or non-device complication? Nail breakage can be a function of either. You could say the exact same thing about Precice nails; there are cases of Precice patients out there with their nails breaking.
Nail breakage happening with either Precice or Betzbone/G-nail is most likely due to patient non-compliance. If anything, the material used in Betzbone at least is cobalt chrome which is more resistant to nail bending as referenced in this study: https://www.jlimblengthrecon.org/article.asp?issn=2455-3719;year=2022;volume=8;issue=1;spage=73;epage=77;aulast=Maai
"Goharian and Abdullah investigated the properties of titanium and cobalt-chrome alloys and found cobalt-chrome alloys to have higher resistance to axial compression, bending, and torsion"
And about the osteolysis, again no source was referenced.
And yeah I agree about the soccer team analogy. I don't know why everyone resorts to d*ck measuring contests between these nails. They're both good but not perfect; they get the job done in the majority of cases. Overthinking the differences between the two is an easy recipe to make yourself go crazy especially since there's always the possibility of marketing bias wherever you look
Assuming a good doctor for either case, the only trade you have to consider with either nail is possibly more pain from clicking (G-nail/Betzbone) vs limited weight-bearing (Precice). That decision is completely subjective and depends on your lifestyle and tolerance levels.