Tibia Lengthening with Dr. Solomin and Dr. Kulesh in Saint Petersburg

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He's upped the prices though.

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He's upped the prices though.

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how much did he up the prices?

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Did you get my pm?

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shortygirl, when you pay for the surgery and hospital stay do you transfer the money to Dr. Kulesh and Dr. Solomin bankaccount
or to the hospitals bank account?
Thanks and good luck.

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Hi,

Is there procedure done and what was the total cost of it?  How much much length you gained?


Thanks

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Hi, I am a 28-year-old male, just arrived in Saint Petersburg. Yesterday I had a consultation with dr. solomon and dr. kulesh. prior to my arrival, I've even visited the Kurgan Ilizarov center and decided not to undergo surgery with them, the only reason was I did not want to wear the frames for 8-10 months. even though they say you can go home after 3 months, it is impossible to go home with frames on, I hope you'll know what I mean. but it was a perfectly safe, cost-efficient and nice place ( except the not so good food) for someone who wouldn't mind spending 8-11 months with the frame. P.S: I had the chances to meet international patients as well.

anyway, Dr.solomon and Dr.kulesh seem good and they know their stuff, they certainly not looking for sales. they even advised me to go ahead with Ilizarov center and insisted Ilizarov traditional frame method is better as it comes with fewer/no complications. also said there is no surgery date until November 4th.

but I was pretty determined that I can't wear frames for a long time. I discussed the technical side of the surgery with Dr. Solomon. So finally we settled with LATN. however, because I need visa support  (my current Russian visa expires on 8th of December which is not enough to cover the entire length of the treatment )  Dr.kulesh did the calculations and came up with the conclusion that the cheapest option available is, to do the surgery and stay the entire period in a private clinic as they offer cheaper rates if we stay longer than 30 days rather than do the surgery in municipal then switching to private clinic or leasing an apartment with minimum term which is three months etc.

So it was around usd $19 000 without rebandages and physiotherapy for LATN including the three-month stay in a private clinic with food. with bandages and physiotherapy $usd 26 000 which thrown my budget a little out of whack.


So, guys, I'm looking forward to your pieces of advice and suggestions from who has done or is doing the treatment/surgery with Dr. Solomon and dr. kulesh regarding the cost-cutting? because looks like you only spent about $15 000, how come? lol

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The two main expenses for leg lengthening in russia are : (1) the surgeries (2) accommodation.
You could save money on things like food, less physio or doing re bandaging yourself but i would not advise you to save money in these areas.

Performing the surgeries in the municipal clinic is the main way to save money. This is because the operations cost significantly less; for example, the nailing surgery cost around 320,000 in the private clinic but only 160,000 in the municipal clinic when i was there. Moreover, the daily cost of staying at the municipal hospital instead of the private is also less. It's worth saying however that the private clinic is substantially nicer than the municipal one (I stayed in both) most notably the food at the medem was excellent, but you do have to pay for that difference. It depends on your budget.

I did LATN on tibias (6cm), had 3 surgeries at the municipal clinic (including achilles lengthening) and stayed in an airbnb for most of the time which is a lot cheaper than staying at the hospitals. All in all i spent around 13,000 dollars.

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Thank you. That is very informative.

Didn’t you needed visa support? I have been told that I have to stay in Medem Clinic for visa support after my visa expiry.

By the way how’s your leg now? how long before you had the surgury?

I’m not sure if I want to go for LATN or LON any thoughts? Because with LATN we are going to have to insert the nail through the soft tissues that are already formed, isn’t that bad for your health? As long as there is no health consequences in the future i’m okay with it. Looking forward to your opinions.

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Quote from: tallmf on October 20, 2018, 10:27:15 AMSo, guys, I'm looking forward to your pieces of advice and suggestions from who has done or is doing the treatment/surgery with Dr. Solomon and dr. kulesh regarding the cost-cutting? because looks like you only spent about $15 000, how come? lol

I think I spent a lot less on accommodations because it was a special circumstance - as I mentioned in an earlier post I had originally rented an apartment which I was going to stay in (as other patients had in the past) but because of new stricter visa regulations Medem decided at the last minute that I would have to stay with them for the remainder of my treatment at a heavily discounted rate (it's very complicated to explain). Also I was only at Medem for a total of one month and in Russia all together for a total of 8 weeks so I imagine the cost of everything goes up a lot for a total of 3 months. Since my case was a special circumstance I don't imagine that future patients will get the same rate so that is probably why what Dr. Kulesh calculated for you is quite a bit more than what I spent unfortunately.