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Quote from: cyborg4life on November 29, 2021, 10:38:04 PMYeah Antonio111111 I asked if they could speak on this if I ask the question. Not sure how much detail he can go into so guess we'll see.

Less importance on exactly what happened to the patient. He's probably going to give excuses of legality and privacy. and we know already what happened: PE.

More importance on what EXACTLY will he do in the FUTURE to prevent this. There is NO excuse to not speak on this. Even if it gets you uncomfortable victor, he has to answer this.

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Quote from: cyborg4life on November 29, 2021, 10:38:04 PMYeah Antonio111111 I asked if they could speak on this if I ask the question. Not sure how much detail he can go into so guess we'll see.

Less importance on exactly what happened to the patient. He's probably going to give excuses of legality and privacy. and we know already what happened: PE.

More importance on what EXACTLY will he do in the FUTURE to prevent this. There is NO excuse to not speak on this. Even if it gets you uncomfortable victor, he has to answer this.

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How many of his patients are women and what is the difference for women and men for recovering and for bone consolidation?

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Quote from: questpeanut on November 29, 2021, 11:45:13 PMLess importance on exactly what happened to the patient. He's probably going to give excuses of legality and privacy. and we know already what happened: PE.

More importance on what EXACTLY will he do in the FUTURE to prevent this. There is NO excuse to not speak on this. Even if it gets you uncomfortable victor, he has to answer this.

I honestly doubt he will take the interview and turn it down .
But we never know , credit to him if he takes it and clarify.
As you said he will not admit a mistake because he would go to jail .
But ye maybe give to the question a porpuse so that no matter what legal action there are ,he can say something .

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Yes want to know more about the case of the patient who died but understandable if he doesn't want to talk about it.

Quote from: Masteryourlife on November 30, 2021, 01:09:51 AMI honestly doubt he will take the interview and turn it down .
But we never know , credit to him if he takes it and clarify.
As you said he will not admit a mistake because he would go to jail .
But ye maybe give to the question a porpuse so that no matter what legal action there are ,he can say something .

Can he be jailed for malpractice even if the patient died more than 1 month after the surgery?

Quote from: chicitita on November 30, 2021, 12:15:21 AMHow many of his patients are women and what is the difference for women and men for recovering and for bone consolidation?

This is also interesting. I think on this forum most of us here are male and we don't have much info on females doing the surgery, so this is additional knowledge for all if he answers it.

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Well as far as I know we're still on for tomorrow. I feel like it was asked a while back in a previous session but I'll see if I can fit the question in about female patients, if not I will ask the next surgeon.

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I have a couple of questions for Dr Giotikas:

-Why did he chose to use the G-nail over other manual weight-bearing nails like the Betz nail, etc?
-How does he prevent "runaway" lengthening when the G-nail does not have a mechanism to reverse lengthening (in the way that Stryde does)?
-How is G-nail able to lengthen up to 1cm safely during surgery? Wouldn't this have an adverse impact on stretching the surrounding nerves/tendons?
-What tests/examinations does he typically do for each patient before surgery?
-For patients who cannot stay in Greece more than 90 days due to not being an EU citizen, how does he manage post-care?


Thank you!

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Hey Cyborg4life,

I have these questions:
1. I am aware the Stryde nail comes in 10, 11.5, and 13 mm, with lengths of 235, 250, and 265 mm. Are there advantages to using a smaller nail? A few I can think of:
- Less aggressive reaming of canal -> easier surgery, less risk of FES
- Stability
2. What is average femoral bone canal diameter for male? What is the formula doctors use to determine extent of reaming?

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Hey CyborgForLife,

I want to ask Dr. Marie Gdalevitch why does not do cosmetic LL unilaterally i.e, left first and then right or vice versa? What are the risks she sees that it should be avoided even though it lets the patient be more mobile and reduces chances of embolisms?

Thanks Victor.

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Hey,CyborgForLife! I would like to ask any doctor a question, that is, what are the physical conditions for ll surgery? For example, some hidden diseases are not easy to detect by ourselves. We need hospital testing to know whether we are suitable for this operation. I was afraid that after working hard for a long time, I was told by the doctor that I couldn't do the operation