Hey everyone, so I just wanted to let you know about the upcoming LL LIVE streams with LL surgeons we haven’t heard from in a while...
Tuesday November 30th @ 8pm EST (5pm PST) - Dr. Debiparshad & PT Mike Russell
The team at LimbplastX Institute on new weight bearing protocol for Precice 2 Patients.
Here’s the link for the LL LIVE on Tues since we didn't hold it today.
Thursday December 2nd @ 4pm EST (9pm UK) - Dr. Dimitrios Giotikas
From Athens BJR in Greece on his recent use of the G-Nail. He only appeared once on the channel and it was a poor audio interview...let's correct that.
Thursday December 9th @ 6pm EST - Dr. Janet Conway
Aka The Queen of LL from Sinai Hospital ICLL - My LL surgeon, hired by Dr. Paley years ago, works alongside the legendary Dr. Herzenberg and Dr. Assayag.
Thursday December 16th @ 7:30pm EST - Dr. Marie Gdalevitch
Hailing from Montreal, Canada who receives high regards from several other elite surgeons.
If you have any questions you’d like to ask you can submit them anonymously via this Google Forms link:
https://forms.gle/cAfxyuGm5HSJtRby8
or email [email protected]
or post in "questions-for-lives" channel on d
or add to this thread
or just show up and ask live in the chat.
I’ll post links to the streams in the LL d Server. You can join for free - https://-/JCmE9MtFpN
Also, had a semi-formal chat with Dr. Paley yesterday and he just wanted patients in the US to know still no news on STRYDE Nail return (he still suspects very late 2022 or most likely 2023), however the shipping hold in the US has been released so LL clinics that didn’t have stock should be receiving them soon.
Alright that’s all I have for now.
Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it!
Questions for surgeons? Here's your chance...
Quote from: cyborg4life on November 25, 2021, 11:54:46 PMHey everyone, so I just wanted to let you know about the upcoming LL LIVE streams with LL surgeons we haven’t heard from in a while...
Tuesday November 30th @ 8pm EST (5pm PST) - Dr. Debiparshad & PT Mike Russell
The team at LimbplastX Institute on new weight bearing protocol for Precice 2 Patients.
Here’s the link for the LL LIVE on Tues since we didn't hold it today.
Thursday December 2nd @ 4pm EST (9pm UK) - Dr. Dimitrios Giotikas
From Athens BJR in Greece on his recent use of the G-Nail. He only appeared once on the channel and it was a poor audio interview...let's correct that.
Thursday December 9th @ 6pm EST - Dr. Janet Conway
Aka The Queen of LL from Sinai Hospital ICLL - My LL surgeon, hired by Dr. Paley years ago, works alongside the legendary Dr. Herzenberg and Dr. Assayag.
Thursday December 16th @ 7:30pm EST - Dr. Marie Gdalevitch
Hailing from Montreal, Canada who receives high regards from several other elite surgeons.
If you have any questions you’d like to ask you can submit them anonymously via this Google Forms link:
https://forms.gle/cAfxyuGm5HSJtRby8
or email [email protected]
or post in "questions-for-lives" channel on d
or add to this thread
or just show up and ask live in the chat.
I’ll post links to the streams in the LL d Server. You can join for free - https://-/JCmE9MtFpN
Also, had a semi-formal chat with Dr. Paley yesterday and he just wanted patients in the US to know still no news on STRYDE Nail return (he still suspects very late 2022 or most likely 2023), however the shipping hold in the US has been released so LL clinics that didn’t have stock should be receiving them soon.
Alright that’s all I have for now.
Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it!
Please Ask giotikas to talk about the patient who died recently and what he could have done to prevent that?
Quote from: overandover on November 26, 2021, 08:55:04 AMPlease Ask giotikas to talk about the patient who died recently and what he could have done to prevent that?
Are you scheduled for surgery with him soon?
Quote from: overandover on November 26, 2021, 08:55:04 AMPlease Ask giotikas to talk about the patient who died recently and what he could have done to prevent that?
Yes .
This question has to be made !
Or there is no reason for an interview with him at this point .
Ik it's a "bad" question but this is the point of them right?
Thanks for doing this Victor. For Giotikas, I think many people would like to know about the recent death of the G-nail Patient. I understand it might be uncomfortable for you to ask him about it, but I believe the people deserve to know about this from the horse's mouth. Since the death of this patient, Giotikas has been silent in any public announcement to future patients. Nothing on his website, nothing sent in email. If someone is a future G-nail Patient, they do not know anything about the death of this patient, who has the exact same nail that they will use. Giotikas hasn't even changed any protocol, despite this death.
I personally know this patient well. This is someone who always had the chief head nurse help him EVERY SINGLE DAY personally. This is someone who is extremely prepared, diligent, and meticulous about his decisions. He worked in a highly technical industry working a 6-figure job. He is not stupid and careless, and if this could happen to him, it could happen to anyone.
Please do not let him evade the question. I have a good feeling that if you simply just ask "what will he do to avoid this in the future", he will evade the core question and talk about the rare probability of embolism and that it was completely out of his control. He might even mention his religious fasting... despite the fact that it has nothing to do with embolism and that he was completely aware and never disapproved of such practice. Make him answer: what will he exactly do in the future to prevent this, or is he just going to do nothing.
Other top surgeons such as Betz, Paley, and many others prescribe anticoagulants through the entire lengthening period to avoid this issue. Giotikas only gives Xarelto a few weeks blaming side effects when it is in fact to save himself money. Other surgeons give X-rays much more frequently than Giotikas. Other surgeons, do not ignore their patients when they say they have expressed pain and discomfort.
I wonder if there is a correlation between the g-nails deaths because both cases we are aware of where using the g-nail and the main issues seemed to be the blood thinner protocol .
This aspect has to be cleared because either way we will dive into something bigger then we think OR we will be scared by something easily avoidable by the prescription of blood thinners for the entire distraction phase (or at least for way more then couple weeks) .
This is off topic but I believe its worth the debate
Quote from: SuchLL on November 26, 2021, 06:39:44 PMPaley’s institute noticed stryde patients have higher chance of blood clots than precice 2 patients, so nails may be one factor causing blood clots.
Weird because stryde sn g nail are weighbearing and for what I know the wbearing feature should be safer in this regard,right ?!
Quote from: Masteryourlife on November 26, 2021, 06:53:31 PMWeird because stryde sn g nail are weighbearing and for what I know the wbearing feature should be safer in this regard,right ?!
Maybe the doctors get more confident when they know you can walk a lot. To add information, the deceased patient here walked A LOT. Twice as much as me, as he even went to PT walking sometimes. He put an alarm every 2 hours to walk a bit, so the weird thing in this case is that lack of mobilization can't be a factor.
Quote from: V21 on November 26, 2021, 06:57:17 PMMaybe the doctors get more confident when they know you can walk a lot. To add information, the deceased patient here walked A LOT. Twice as much as me, as he even went to PT walking sometimes. He put an alarm every 2 hours to walk a bit, so the weird thing in this case is that lack of mobilization can't be a factor.
I wonder why no respected doctor had a death in their track record but some weirdows with their own technique and not standardized protocols aligned with others more experienced like Paley,Lee or Rozburch ,had them .
Guichet had his own "pt" , his own nail and his own blood thinner protocoal and results ....talk for him .
Giotikas just got popular NOW and already has one ,he is NOT a renowned surgeon what so ever as others say .
Like who knew him in 2017? 2016?2015?2014? Not sure of 2018 and 2019 either .
So there has to be a difference in surgical techniques and/or aftercare because it makes no sense to have thousands of cases and 0 bad cases such as this and a bunch of them and already one .
It can't be bad luck .
Too simple to put it that way .
What are your thoughts on it ?
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