Stryde vs Precice?

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I want to know exactly how much advantageous is stryde when compared to precise? I’d it only able to bear more weight and you get to walk sooner or something other than this? For someone who is just 45kg like me, will weight bearing play a huge part? I’m also not working n have my own business so I will not be obliged to get back on time, still I would prefer my recover is shorter and I can head back home sooner. So if I pay €5k more for stryde am I still more or less getting the same thing? Is the pain any less with stryde maybe..?

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Styade,
advantage
more comfortable being able to walk with crutches  rather than using wheelchair. Quicker to walk normal(while walking the leg muscle keeps and after lengthening finished can walk unaided slowly). Easier for nail removing(stainless steel material )

Disadvantage
 but only used for less than a year. Misalignment by full weight baring while lengthening(still do not know)

Precice
Advantages
Having 8.7mm size for those small bone such as female. Cheaper and having 7years history.

Disadvantages
Stay in wheelchair for several months, only able to walk with walker. Take more time coming back normal life than styade.

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Thanks for the detailed reply. I heard stryde may be coming in smaller diameter too but I don’t want to wait. Are you saying there’s no wheelchair time with stryde..? Why would you say walking while lengthening causes misalignment..? Have there been any successful cases up until now? And could you also explain how nail removal is easier..? How much sooner do you think I can walk like a normal person after stryde assuming there are no complications. I will be keeping this a secret for obvious reasons lol

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If you love yourself then choose Stryde. Trust me. I will reply to your pm soon. As far as I remember about the weight is that it won't matter much how low weight you are. It might decrease the possibility of nail breakage. I had the same question because I don't weigh a lot either.

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If your bone is too thin you may not have a chance to put Stryde 10 mm, the thinnest.

Many petit women have only option of Precice 8.5mm with fatigue load of 22kg
With precice 8.5mm not allowed to walk until bone is fully consolidated
It’s taking more than 6months with wheelchair for a petit friend right now with precice

Stryde was originally called Precice3,
and now the  real product name is “Precice Stryde”
The basic mechanism is the same as Precice
No need to worry about the history too much now
It’s already revised from very first version of Stryde

If your bone is thick enough then definitely better to choose Stryde
It’s hard to live with a wheelchair for so long

Check recent diaries of Stryde and the diary of OverrideYourGenetic who did Precice this year
Those 3 diaries are very informative

Good luck to your journey

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Hmm..dr Goitikas said a smaller nail may be introduced in the next few months..women’s recovery example seem so much worse but then again there are a few who have come through. I guess most of my questions will only be clearer after a one on one consultation & X-rays.

Thanks for the help guys much appreciated.

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Hey Great321, did Dr Giotikas give you his personal opinion about which method to go for? I know you went with TSF eventually but what was his opinion

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I've checked with multiple sources that Stryde is 10mm minimum.

Precice 8.5mm shouldn't be that bad for a petite person though. You can still stand without support but while walking you will have to use a walker and move both legs forward at the same time.

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You should always choose stryde over precise if you can. The weight bearing capabilities of stryde will allow for a more comfortable and quicker recovery.  The smallest Stryde nail is 10mm which might be too big for petite females, but might possibly fit if you do femur, definitely not tibia.  As a point of reference I am a 54kg male and had a consultation to use the 10mm stryde nail for my tibia.  My tibia's bone canal wasn't big enough as at its narrowest point as it was only 7.5mm wide but my dr. said that part could be reamed to fit in the 10mm nail. 

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@Cool True but the idea of being on the wheelchair for 2 months scares me, I’ll be all alone in a foreign country anyway, with stryde I can leave much earlier. When I talked to Giotikas I think he said a smaller diameter will also be introduced...

@Shotlivesmatter Yeah I’ve kinda given up on the idea of any internal nail for tibia, although that’s what I prefer aesthetic wise, long legs give a really good overall appearance, but no point if I end up with ballerina foot or knee pain. But it’s apparent to me that even my thighs are too slim for 10mm, just a guess. Have yet to get X-rays done sometime this week maybe..although I might just back out of the entire thing who knows lol