TIBIA LENGTHENING IN MOSCOW WITH DR BAGIROV

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Cris, the frames aren't that good? Is there anything u could do to prevent equinus(its ballerina I suppose)?

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i suppose you could, it might be possible if you kept your feet  vertical 24 hours a day... but it can get difficult.... the pins  in the ankles were killing me,and it feels so much better just having them removed...

the frames... well, the problem is they're too small, look at the photos i posted in this thread... they are very tight...  the fixator actually hugged my leg at certain points...   people disagree with me, but if you want my opinion on avoiding equinus while doing over 5 cm on tibia... get a release beforehand as a precaution....    pretty much every dr says  the loss of strength is minimal... unless you're an elite athlete, you will most likely not notice a difference


another thing... i was instructed to never get the frames wet.... so was difficult to take showers.... dr rozbruch   told me the exact opposite.... i get in the shower, its good he said... he said to just not  go in salt water or a bath,  the latter because of dirty water

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had frames removed and equinus corrected by dr shah... i had consultations and x rays done with various drs,such as rozbruch just to make sure bone was ok, and to get their opinions on releases,etc

i now have  full leg cast on, and foot is fixed at neutral position...

the left leg turned out to be not as consolidated as right, so ill wear this a month or 2... the left is ok, just not as good as right... for some reason a different incision technique was used on each leg which caused the difference... I'm guessing  because bagirov did 1 leg and his assistant the other.... dr says  i should be walking in 1.5 to 2 months fine without walker,though will wear pt braces after cast comes off.  considering i lengthened around 7.5 cm, this seems to be very good

even though my legs are in cast, it's a huge relief from having the fixators on.... the pain i was getting, especially at the ankles from the pins was getting to be extreme.

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9 cm is such a great amount of lengthening. Congrats. We would love to see some pictures of your legs

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ty... only did around 7.4 cm  though

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Quote from: crimsontide on September 03, 2014, 01:37:59 PMty... only did around 7.4 cm  though

I am sorry I confused you, and its not only Mann!! Its 7.4 cm wow, how are the frames, how do you find the doctor?

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he's good... no frames now, all off...  life in frames is awful, or was at the end... the pain fro the wires in the ankles was too much

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That sounds unreal to me tbh: 2 extra months just because a different incision was made?

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the left leg is healing ok, but the right is better... supposedly because of technique used, not really extra 2 months, but i can't walk without walker for another 1.5 to 2 months because of it

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my right leg is healed completely... i almost width i did more than 7.5.... but i guess its best  not to do too much