Set for external tibia dr Kulesh/Solomin April 2021

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i agree external is the safest and obviously least invasive - they seem out of fashion now!! but 9nce the frames are off job done! - looking back i think barinov would do external femur too - all other patients really found the frames ok - don't forget there were many female correction patients too using externals, including one in her late 50's - they also were fine - the frames can be cumbersome rather than painful, they are held so tight u see - the cost is also excellent, some went up to 8cm (tho i don't recommend this)

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Quote from: th on February 02, 2021, 12:34:09 PMjust read your above post - the frames are fully weightbearing - you get used to them actually and 8 months is not long for the future benefits etc 

8 Months is long. Just get LON and with 5cm you will only have to lengthen for like a 2 months and then you can remove it.

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i was 6 and a half months in frames - i took 8 months off work - an infection set me back a touch

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barinov only does latn and external

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Quote from: th on February 07, 2021, 07:12:54 PMi was 6 and a half months in frames - i took 8 months off work - an infection set me back a touch

So if I got the timescale right, you went to Russia and had the op straight away, lengthened 4cm over i guess 2 months? Then spent a further 4.5 months in frames consolidating (total 6.5 months in frames). Then you had the frames removed and stayed in Russia a further 1.5 months doing physical therapy before returning home to work?

When you got home, were you walking normally? Did people at work notice anything was off?

Btw can I ask how are the scars?

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yes give or take - i stayed in russia 2 more weeks, went to my home country to rest another month and see parents etc - i got the odd comment from people who thought i'd lost weight - felt more confident, right leg was still fragile so had a slight limp - scars either side of knee so not seen, also faded quick enough - went back to russia 6 months later, to see doctors and x rays- given go ahead to run slowly - was strange returning without the frames visiting old haunts!!

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Didn't you have scars in the middle of your lower leg?

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only pin site holes above the ankle and either side beneath the knee - they were not at all bad

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Quote from: Activatedxx on January 29, 2021, 09:26:19 PMUpdate, I decided to go with the most expensive hospital because they have 30+ performed there so I assume the PT is better and also the doctors are more qualified because it is a higher end hospital. Besides a good surgeon I considered the anesthesiologist is better and also the doctors speak English and it is very close to the center or the center. The other hospitals are 1-2 hrs away from my hotel I am planning

Did you get the surgery?

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Quote from: Bob on May 12, 2021, 05:33:06 PMDid you get the surgery?

I am scheduled for tomorrow in turkey god willing,
Didn’t work out in Russia couldn’t get approved for a visa