tibia 7~7.5cm possible?

Edit Post

can someone flexible go for 7cm on tibia?
some people definitely do that without complications.

Edit Post

7 cm is definitly not safe for 99% of people doing tibia lengthening. Most people start to get complications after 4,5 cm according to cyborg4life and most surgeons set the safe limit to 5 cm for tibias. In generel doing tibias is a stupid idea unless your're planning on doing both segments femur + tibia or you find out after x-ray scanning that you have abnormally long femurs compared to tibias.

They heal slower, have a higher complication rate, increase chance of joint problems / early arthisis, less overall safe length achieved / cutting 2 bones (tibia+fibula) vs 1 for femur etc.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26398436/

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=83172.0 (this guy did what you want and got a horrible outcome...)

- see 11:50 - 14:40

Edit Post

Yes, a flexible person can do it.  I did.   Not a fantastic idea but not necessarily a disaster either.

Edit Post

dont do it or end up like me

Edit Post

Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on June 06, 2023, 05:52:47 PMYes, a flexible person can do it.  I did.   Not a fantastic idea but not necessarily a disaster either.

did you do it with LON? Have you seen +7cm with Precice2.2?

Edit Post

Quote from: lovinglonglegs on June 07, 2023, 02:14:07 AMdid you do it with LON? Have you seen +7cm with Precice2.2?

LON yes.  Never met a Precise patient.

Edit Post

Quote from: saltedchocolate on June 06, 2023, 06:04:52 PMdont do it or end up like me

Well, to be fair, your issues were not completely as a result of LON. By your own admission the surgeon was at fault.

Edit Post

I saw several patients doing 7cm on tibias via LON method. Maybe I will be one of them, my height is 1,78m and I have short tibias and for me 1,85m is a perfect height for a man. My surgery will take a place by the end of setember.

Edit Post

every cm higher lengthening is more time for possible risk. lower is better and safer the longer you go the more chance for issue

Edit Post

Donghoon lee and marie gdalevitch both allow for 7cm on tibias.  It all depends on the patient's recovery