Small LLD correction with Dr. Rozbruch

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Quote from: wannagrowtaller on March 21, 2019, 02:40:41 PMYou have one of the best doctors in the world. I would say to listen to him.
I know. I will not decide anything until i reach 1 year then i can assess the results and weather it was really better to go from tibia instead of femur

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I would like to share the details that i have passed through after 10 months post surgery.


I am an international patient. I have a small LLD. I came to Dr Rozbruch & i did an xray & it showed 9 mm difference as follow (1 in femur, 2 in tibia, 6 in ankle resulted from an old surgery). I wanted to get rid of putting insole.

Dr recommended to do the surgery from femur as it is easier & it was done (Precice Nail 2) in August 2018 at HSS. I asked to correct 7 mm only because i was putting 7 mm insole & i was able to do sports perfectly with it.

After 3 months Dr allowed me to leave crutches & start walking. after that i started feeling the nail is going down & i started putting 2 mm and gradually reached 7 mm insole again so did not get any correction.

I came to Dr Rozbruch for re-evaluation last week after 10 months post surgery. A new xray was done for me by the Dr & the measurements was totally different than the measurements done by him before surgery. New xray showed 10 mm of LLD as follow (9mm in femur! & this was 1mm before femur lengthening!!, 1 mm in tibia, & ankle was not measured so surely there is something also resulted from old surgery in ankle).

Note that my bone is not fully healed due to nail instability according to many Dr s i have visited in my country & this is logical as nail is dropping month after month & u can see that in the nail space  for measurements is 90% less comparing to the xray done directly after the surgery.

Is it correct & acceptable for the patient to come with 9 mm difference between legs and end up with 10 mm difference after the correction surgery !?

I said OK after this illogical measurements & asked about solution !
The solution was to take out the nail & put solid nail and cut again the femur and lengthen 10 mm & pay another full 85 000$ for correction as Dr Rozbruch is not responsible of the nail failure nor for the huge difference in the xray measurements before and after the surgery.

Is that a professional work ? is that ethical ?

I decided to go for surgery with Dr Rozbruch as i saw that he has good reviews & I believed he is a top notch Dr in this field. This was the worst experience with a Dr in my life as i spent 85 000$ for my safety & professionalism.

I started with 9 mm difference and ending with 10 !! & 1 mm was picked up in femur before surgery & 9 mm is picked up in femur after the surgery add to that that i have to pay another 85 000$ for correction and Dr is not responsible for anything !!

All what i can do is to write what exactly happened with me & i have the whole documents of what I am saying.

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Quote from: Hamza on June 26, 2019, 09:30:10 AMI would like to share the details that i have passed through after 10 months post surgery.


I am an international patient. I have a small LLD. I came to Dr Rozbruch & i did an xray & it showed 9 mm difference as follow (1 in femur, 2 in tibia, 6 in ankle resulted from an old surgery). I wanted to get rid of putting insole.

Dr recommended to do the surgery from femur as it is easier & it was done (Precice Nail 2) in August 2018 at HSS. I asked to correct 7 mm only because i was putting 7 mm insole & i was able to do sports perfectly with it.

After 3 months Dr allowed me to leave crutches & start walking. after that i started feeling the nail is going down & i started putting 2 mm and gradually reached 7 mm insole again so did not get any correction.

I came to Dr Rozbruch for re-evaluation last week after 10 months post surgery. A new xray was done for me by the Dr & the measurements was totally different than the measurements done by him before surgery. New xray showed 10 mm of LLD as follow (9mm in femur! & this was 1mm before femur lengthening!!, 1 mm in tibia, & ankle was not measured so surely there is something also resulted from old surgery in ankle).

Note that my bone is not fully healed due to nail instability according to many Dr s i have visited in my country & this is logical as nail is dropping month after month & u can see that in the nail space  for measurements is 90% less comparing to the xray done directly after the surgery.

Is it correct & acceptable for the patient to come with 9 mm difference between legs and end up with 10 mm difference after the correction surgery !?

I said OK after this illogical measurements & asked about solution !
The solution was to take out the nail & put solid nail and cut again the femur and lengthen 10 mm & pay another full 85 000$ for correction as Dr Rozbruch is not responsible of the nail failure nor for the huge difference in the xray measurements before and after the surgery.

Is that a professional work ? is that ethical ?

I decided to go for surgery with Dr Rozbruch as i saw that he has good reviews & I believed he is a top notch Dr in this field. This was the worst experience with a Dr in my life as i spent 85 000$ for my safety & professionalism.

I started with 9 mm difference and ending with 10 !! & 1 mm was picked up in femur before surgery & 9 mm is picked up in femur after the surgery add to that that i have to pay another 85 000$ for correction and Dr is not responsible for anything !!

All what i can do is to write what exactly happened with me & i have the whole documents of what I am saying.

Hi .. Hamza, I'm sorry to hear ... that you have encountered problems....  Please can you clarify if you had a defective nail ...?

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Jesus Christ. Why would limb lengthening be the solution for such a small discrepancy? Why not just continue wearing insoles? Stretches for your backpain? Whoever referred you to this doctor is a crook, and the doctor is a crook too.

The amount of unnessecary surgery being performed in the West is gross. Good luck with your issues. I'd think about legal action. This is basically insurance fraud. In what world is leg lengthening needed for less than 1cm? Far out

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If the nail was defective...? Then the nail manufacturer should be responsible for some of the costs
This is totally unacceptable... for a private patient to pay additional costs ... when the manufacturer failed on there product

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Quote from: Thatdude950 on June 26, 2019, 10:59:33 AMJesus Christ. Why would limb lengthening be the solution for such a small discrepancy? Why not wear an insole or something? Stretches for your backpain? Whoever referred you to this doctor is a crook, and the doctor is a crook too.

The amount of unnessecary surgery being performed in the West is gross. Good luck with your issues.

Ummmm.. The doctor is not a crook... complications happen... it looks like the manufacturer nail malfunctioned

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85k and months of recovery to "fix" a less than 1cm discrepancy. How many non LL doctors out of 100 would reccomend this approach?

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Quote from: Thatdude950 on June 26, 2019, 11:20:37 AM85k and months of recovery to "fix" a less than 1cm discrepancy. How many non LL doctors out of 100 would reccomend this approach?

..... leg lengthening is a very expensive business... there are no guarantees is this World ... most  doctors... have disclaimers ... so you know in black and white ... before you agree with the any surgery.. procedures ..

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Yes it's very strange that LL was advised for just 1cm discrepancy. And I didn't understand what went wrong after lengthening. Did you walk on that leg and it got compressed back?

Also if you were an international patient how could you claim insurance?

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It looks like a faulty nail ...