This post just made me a little depressed. I thought you could make a full recovery after LL. I know people say they lose a little athletic ability but I thought after a couple years if you work on it everything would get back to normal :/
short kid... I'm not done yet, but i will tell you the most likely longterm complications from ll
i guess early arthritis is possible, but for various reasons,I'm not too worried about it, and won't not show up for a while,.. if it ever did in the future, I'm confident that i could deal with it, especially with all the medical advances that will happen in next 20-30 years
reduced athletic ability is a given... by that i mean you'll never be equal to the athlete you were before, but could be 90%, though it depends
painmaches, i guess its possible, thought i don't think this happens with all/most
what i think is a definite possibility is the numbness,reduced sensations in certain parts of my legs... it does not hinder the functioning of the leg, but it does feel odd to touch a part of your leg and have it be numb.... id say this complication appears to be quite frequent... permeant in a lot of cases too... its wort it to me though... id much rather be taller and deal with numbness than short and no numbness
I absolutely have some numbness (1 month post ckicking).
I've met lots of patients who are a few years post surgery and they've all been free of any of the scary stuff. It's worth knowing all of the above but I think a lot of it is worst case scenario stuff.
Quote from: shortkid on June 25, 2014, 05:47:18 AMThis post just made me a little depressed. I thought you could make a full recovery after LL. I know people say they lose a little athletic ability but I thought after a couple years if you work on it everything would get back to normal :/
It depends a bit on how much you lengthen, and what method you use. A lot of the the problems with the knees can be avoided if you dont use an internal nail on your tibias, and like doctor Franz (an ortopedic surgeon posting on this forum) confirmed, doing 5 cm or less is significantly safer than doing more. If you stay within that threshold, you should theoretically be able to recover to the point of not noticing the loss of athletic ability in the long run.
Since the mechanics of the legs are always changed, its probably impossible to technically reach 100% of what you where before, but the less you lengthen the less you change the mechanics of your legs, so it will probably not be noticeable at 5 or less cm.
You can; Dr. Paley and Dr. Guichet say you can themselves.
I've gotten in touch with Dr. Barinovs contact Irene and she informed me that he does can do "external and internal" which I assume means Lon of LATN for 2000 euros more than the listed price. originally I was set on pure external and staying the entire consolidation phase in Russia but if for 2000 more it cuts the time I gotta spend in Russia and is about the same price as if I did externals when factoring in housing and meals after the initial three month coverage. So I wondering in layman's terms if you could what's the so bad about doing LON and LATN on tibias?
To my understanding the main thing, that at least turned me off, is permanent knee pain.
Right we've read that on here but I can't figure out how exactly? Is the nail inserted through the knee?
Yeah it is
The patellar tendon is split and pulled apart to make a path for the nail to go into the tibia. Studies have shown 25% of patients who've had this done end up with permanent discomfort in their knees.
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