Just wanna update my current situation. Throughout the lengthening process, pain level is quite low, i would rate 0/10 for most of time. I was able to achieve 6.3cm for left tibia and 6.5 for right one (to make up the discrepancy from last femur lengthening). I could have lengthen pass 7 for sure but I have developed foot drop due to lack of pt exercise, now I’m still working on this issue. Every morning foot drop is obvious and by night time it’s almost flat, but it keeps coming back every next day. Even with foot drop I’m able to walk without any aid, if I control my pace I look completely normal, it’s just two months past my lengthening. Walking long distance does make my feet hurt though.
Dr. Rozbruch is the most professional doctor I have met, he gives the impression like a college professor. His skillset and HSS experience are top in the field.
Only problem now is that I’m self pay and the hospital bill is over 170k not including anesthesia cost (Dr. Rozbruch’s fee has been paid before surgery). I thought total cost is fixed as 125k.
Tibia lengthening with Dr. Rozbruch
Quote from: forumonly2019 on December 23, 2021, 05:47:42 AMJust wanna update my current situation. Throughout the lengthening process, pain level is quite low, i would rate 0/10 for most of time. I was able to achieve 6.3cm for left tibia and 6.5 for right one (to make up the discrepancy from last femur lengthening). I could have lengthen pass 7 for sure but I have developed foot drop due to lack of pt exercise, now I’m still working on this issue. Every morning foot drop is obvious and by night time it’s almost flat, but it keeps coming back every next day. Even with foot drop I’m able to walk without any aid, if I control my pace I look completely normal, it’s just two months past my lengthening. Walking long distance does make my feet hurt though.
Dr. Rozbruch is the most professional doctor I have met, he gives the impression like a college professor. His skillset and HSS experience are top in the field.
Only problem now is that I’m self pay and the hospital bill is over 170k not including anesthesia cost (Dr. Rozbruch’s fee has been paid before surgery). I thought total cost is fixed as 125k.
Thank you for updating.
Do you mean ballerina foot or drop foot? The latter happens due to nerve damage and is quite serious.
And 170k?? Woah. That is just for hospital and not even including the surgeon's fee?
Can you please provide a breakup of the various costs and how much it is? And if the surgery happened 6 months ago are they giving you the bill now?
Quote from: forumonly2019 on December 23, 2021, 05:47:42 AMJust wanna update my current situation. Throughout the lengthening process, pain level is quite low, i would rate 0/10 for most of time. I was able to achieve 6.3cm for left tibia and 6.5 for right one (to make up the discrepancy from last femur lengthening). I could have lengthen pass 7 for sure but I have developed foot drop due to lack of pt exercise, now I’m still working on this issue. Every morning foot drop is obvious and by night time it’s almost flat, but it keeps coming back every next day. Even with foot drop I’m able to walk without any aid, if I control my pace I look completely normal, it’s just two months past my lengthening. Walking long distance does make my feet hurt though.
Dr. Rozbruch is the most professional doctor I have met, he gives the impression like a college professor. His skillset and HSS experience are top in the field.
Only problem now is that I’m self pay and the hospital bill is over 170k not including anesthesia cost (Dr. Rozbruch’s fee has been paid before surgery). I thought total cost is fixed as 125k.
This is not Foot drop its Ballerina foot or equinus foot . Foot drop occurs if nerve is damage.
170k only for the hospital fees???
Quote from: forumonly2019 on December 23, 2021, 05:47:42 AMJust wanna update my current situation. Throughout the lengthening process, pain level is quite low, i would rate 0/10 for most of time. I was able to achieve 6.3cm for left tibia and 6.5 for right one (to make up the discrepancy from last femur lengthening). I could have lengthen pass 7 for sure but I have developed foot drop due to lack of pt exercise, now I’m still working on this issue. Every morning foot drop is obvious and by night time it’s almost flat, but it keeps coming back every next day. Even with foot drop I’m able to walk without any aid, if I control my pace I look completely normal, it’s just two months past my lengthening. Walking long distance does make my feet hurt though.
Dr. Rozbruch is the most professional doctor I have met, he gives the impression like a college professor. His skillset and HSS experience are top in the field.
Only problem now is that I’m self pay and the hospital bill is over 170k not including anesthesia cost (Dr. Rozbruch’s fee has been paid before surgery). I thought total cost is fixed as 125k.
Hi... Great update... How much you going to lengthen?
Hi. How much does he charge for tibia lengthening with TSF frames?
Hi i just got rods moved and everything went well, doctor Rozbruch corrected right heel problem with a cut on calf, was in pain for about two weeks when walking but now it’s all good. Left leg had no pain at all (didn’t do anything on calf), the stitches were handled during the surgery so great to the extent that there may not be scars later on, just one thing, I didn’t remove monocryl stitches po-op this time so when i push i can feel them underneath the skin. Also great news Doctor Rozbruch helped me with negotiating with management so hospital fees was lower to 80k, which i was told prior to surgery, i paid it and its such a relief.
I did all my surgeries at HSS awake, used as less anesthesia as possible, only the last one that new anesthesia doctor injected too much, 30ml, it was 4ml with combination with another injection (just a bit more) i checked. So not so happy with this, but its nothing compared to the harm if done with general anesthesia.
I highly recommend Dr. Rozbruch, he is the most professional doctor I have met, graduated from IVY, top in the class and have been the best in his practice field.
Be prepare to flight back home the second day after getting rods removed, the same day would not be enough.
Hope you all have safe surgery.
And I lengthened 6.3 and 6.5, was done intentionally to correct uneven lengthening on femurs. I do regret didn’t do pt often to get to 8cm, so take mine as a lesson, when you do get this surgery, do pt as much as possible and get 8cm.
I’m thinking to get arms lengthened once i can cover my loss on stocks….really damned that i invested more than i can lose and didn’t get a close look on that. Anyways, if anyone has done arms please let me know how it went, I believe for upper arm precice is an option but for forearm only external. Would it affect the flexibility for hands movement later on?
And I didn’t take most of the medicines after discharged from hospital, thought they wouldn’t be necessary although I bought them all cost my hundreds, do regret that, no use at all. Unless you are flying no need to take, to my experience, not medical advice, maybe because I’m young I’m recovered really easily, bones healed great, still can’t run though, but I’m not really athletic type prior to surgery, so can’t tell the difference.
I do feel not as healthy as i was prior to all these surgeries, but my mom said this due to diet irregularly, almost no exercise and poor sleep (I’m stressed), if you can rest well eat well and be in happy steady mood all the time, I don’t think this surgery will harm your health too much, although body repair does need cells to work heavily and it costs life I remember, you can make it up by other aspects perhaps, if not, i mean its the cost, i will have to take it.
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