SURGERY TO GET INSTANT 3 CM HEIGHT GAIN!!

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Dear All,

I have been exploring methods of LL which can give an inch of lengthening with minimal down time. I have polled and met most of the surgeons and more or less know most things about their practices and LL techniques. some good and some not so good but the common theme was long downtime and high cost when compared with other cosmetic procedures due to artificially inflated cost of the lengthening nails. Anyway the purpose of this post is to start a debate on technique called leg lengthening via Transiliac method, although sparingly, by some surgeons..

In this approach generally bone cut is made in the iliac crust and surgeon makes an instant lengthening of approx. 2-3 cm and than fill the gap with some sort of bone graft and fix the two ends with long screws to hold it together. Generally surgery takes few hours and recovery is suppose to be quite fast.

Advantages:
- Inexpensive as there is no need for nailing.
- Patient is comfortable as there is not much pain as there are neither bulky frames not internal nails.
- Instant lengthening.
- Possibly Full mobility with in few days of surgery with the help of crutches (needs to be checked with the surgeon)
- Fast recovery bone is healed approx. in 2-3 months.

Risks and Limitations:
- Only suitable for certain demographics as provides only minimalist gains
- Risk of sciatic nerve injury due to instant lengthening of 2-3 cm
- Not many surgeons who practice this approach, if any. The last one i heard was a a surgeon called Patrick Mcally from Ireland who did so and has now passed away.

All thoughts are welcomed along with more research and view of surgeons/medical experts who are willing to contribute.

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Felt like this was going to be a troll post, but this 'transiliac method' actually exists.

Here's a paper I just read:
http://www.bjj.boneandjoint.org.uk/content/74-B/2/275.full.pdf

"Unsatisfactory results were seen in half of the group with miscellaneous conditions. This reflected the temptation to extend the application of this technique to length inequalities outside the limited scope of hemipelvic lengthening."

As a current LL patient who spent 10 years researching and reading countless diaries before feeling comfortable enough to do LL, I'd hate to be the first pelvic lengthening diary.

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Isn't this too good to be true?

it reminds me of that 'Lengthening in "Z"' thing, which resulted to be an almost surely crippling procedure:
http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=2615.0

Honestly, if a doctor could offer an "instant" and "unexpensive" lengthening, he would have millions of patients. Millions. And such procedure would be at least as popular as botox, or something like that. So, why is this procedure almost unknown? It looks too suspicious...

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I think with cloning we can create bone segments outside the body and insert them but I would prefer developments in rapid growth drugs to help the nerve and muscle tissue grow and heal 5 times as fast.

If we could make advances in rapid regrowth, then we can break the legs at 5 different places and have it grow and heal within 2 weeks with the 7.5 cm gain.

One can dream right?

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I can understand people's scepticism and comments like ''Troll post...'' .. ''too good to be true...'' But the purpose of this post was not to say this is a good method rather to instigate debate and do more research using all our combine resources.

A test group where 23 patients underwent LL to correct limb length discrepancies over 2 year period almost 2 decades ago.This method actually existed and those of you are interested can read about the results here: http://www.bjj.boneandjoint.org.uk/content/74-B/2/275.full.pdf

Based on the information i gathered i highlighted the pros and cons of this procedure in my Opening post. Please feel free to poll your surgeons or other pelvic surgeons and gather/share information here.

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If there was a way to quickly and safely increase my height 3 cm then I would do it and never post here again.

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http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/02/africa/medicine-man-turns-frustration-into-big-opportunity/

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Quote from: Keep Growing on December 04, 2015, 09:08:41 PMhttp://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/02/africa/medicine-man-turns-frustration-into-big-opportunity/

Uppland, This does gives you 2-3 cm of lengthening and ticks all other boxes (cheap, short downtime, etc) but their is a significant risk of sciatic nerve injury as you are stretching it 2-3 cm in matter of hours.

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Quote from: Infinity on December 04, 2015, 09:35:32 PMUppland, This does gives you 2-3 cm of lengthening and ticks all other boxes (cheap, short downtime, etc) but their is a significant risk of sciatic nerve injury as you are stretching it 2-3 cm in matter of hours.

I assume you are aware that transiliac lengthening does not touch spine and is not a complicated surgery with very fast bone regeneration due to adequate blood supply in that region. The key risk is nerve injury due to lengthening 2-3 cm during the surgery.

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That type of rapid rate of increase seems to be quite alarming to be honest. I've always believed the rate of increase is just as important as how much one lengthens. The best way for this to be viable would be if the surgery lasted longer as that would mean the rate of increase wouldn't be as fast; essential piece.