Hi all, had been lurking around for a while, glancing a few diaries now and then 
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So initially my plan was to go with Guichet but i dont want to get too old saving for my LL(I am 24 and i feel this is the phase of life i need height the most 
) , and i am considering of having it done early next year. So I am looking forward for a lower budget but SAFE doc from India/Russia.
Some Docs I have in my mind are Dr. Parihar, Dr Solomin and Dr. Barinov. Although I feel Parihar would be the safest to go with for external tibia but barinov seems equally safe, if done in the 6cm limit for tibs.
The only reason for re-considering Parihar would be lack of enough diaries may be (have only seen penguinns and Kilos). At the same time, it is their regards for him and their experience made me consider him too as a potential doc that i could go with.
So my questions are :
1. Who would be the safest doc for a lower budget LL, considering i dont mind travelling abroad(I am an Indian) as long as the doc is safe and there are LLers who vouch for them.
2. And also the if i may consider a femur after an year or two, is it okay? I mean people generally do femurs before tibias. But given the time gap of 2 years post lengthening and touchwood everything is fine after, would it still have been better to have femurs done prior to tibias?
Please voice out your opinions which would help me decide better.
I would start posting more often as i want to begin my research on it :p so please bear with me 
Safest Low Budget Doc (Parihar, solomin, Barinov)
Thanks onemorefoot 
Also given that i would do external tibias, I read between LON and External Fixators, LON is bad in the long run in terms of knee pain but would get you rid of frames in like 4 months.
But how often do see veterans under good/safe surgeons complain of knee pain after LON?
I mean the knee pain cases are the ones you get to hear from docs like sarin (not to disrespect him, just that there are a lot of complains againt him)
Given a choice between the two which one would you go with?
So if you went with parihar, would you do a LON or ilizarov?
Does LON really have that significant knee pain in long term if done under a careful surgeon or is it just a possibility that is overhyped? I mean if it were that serious people would prefer external fix. over LON otherwise.
P.S. I am going to Parihar next week for an initial appointment discussing the right choice
But i feel i should do a bit of research as my homework :p
Sure man Although i do not understand most of the terms you used yet, I would read up about these as well
Yes, forgot about him and kulesh, but here are very few diaries.
Besides Mitkovics device is only ideal for 4-5 cms...I dint come across a diary with more than 5.5 cms lengthened. And also no consolidation/ post consolidationop status of the OP.
Parihar could give you a centimeter extra :p
After the suggestion for Dr. Mitkovic from 'notimportant' I started reading his patients diary from the old forum.
Has great success rates and also very economical. Apart from the price the fact that i like is the special monorail of his. Since i had an ACL reconstruction surgery couple of years ago i am quite hesitant of getting a nail through my knee.
So I dont know if parihar would provide that :/ . I would probably be more clear after my consultation with him this wee
After reading on Mitkovic, now i have only two docs for consideration - Parihar and Mitkovic.
As much as I would to goto Parihar, I also would want a monorail done for tibias. And have not read of parihar perform any monorails.
Actually I am slim and i weigh aroun 54 kgs. As i said i would consider monorail only if i am told by Parihar that LON could damage my knee in the future given my knee history.
But is
*But would you say monorail is safer than an intermedullary nail if the person is thin?
Or would LON still be a better choice?
sorry some of it was sent partially
definitely, would continue my research for some more time
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