Tibia lengthening with LON method - Dr.Serkan Gurcan - Turkey

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Hi

I wonder would you be able to answer some general questions regarding LON.

i've read that there is a higher risk of intramedullary nail infection with LON, is this still the case and was it something you ever felt at risk of ?

Im a little worried of the dangers of LON. Can such deep sepsis/infections result in serious consequences like death or amputation or is it easily treated?

Is it 2 or 3 surgeries in total required for LON?

I understand the nail has to be removed in the last surgery and this is done long after consolidation unless im mistaken. Is there much risk that in that time nails could get bent or infected?

Does LON carry the same risks of permanent knee pain as internal methods?

Thanks

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I've never done LL. Take my post with a grain of salt.

I have this link from Parihar about the methods. He's a LL doctor so take it with a grain of salt too. Trust mostly vets who have gone through it.
https://sites.google.com/site/cllrpatients/faqs/cosmeticlengthening

Edit: Also, it'd be good if mods could take a little look over this thread. Too many low post number accounts have been posting here. Make sure they're all different IPs and it's not all a single person with a vested interest in that people go to this doctor. Also edited out a part of my post because I had misread 3inchhope's.

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Quote from: 3inchhope on November 26, 2017, 11:45:29 PMHi

I wonder would you be able to answer some general questions regarding LON.

i've read that there is a higher risk of intramedullary nail infection with LON, is this still the case and was it something you ever felt at risk of ?

Im a little worried of the dangers of LON. Can such deep sepsis/infections result in serious consequences like death or amputation or is it easily treated?

Is it 2 or 3 surgeries in total required for LON?

I understand the nail has to be removed in the last surgery and this is done long after consolidation unless im mistaken. Is there much risk that in that time nails could get bent or infected?

Does LON carry the same risks of permanent knee pain as internal methods?

Thanks

Hi.
Yes, there is a big risk with intramedullary nail infection with LON. I finished lengthening period, I hope there will not be such of problems with me. If I am not wrong, if doctor will figure out infection earlier, there is treatment for it. but if it is late, so there must be serious peoblem, even amputation. I didn't hear abt such of big problems who have had it, but it is possible. Generally, LL surgery is risky, it doesn't depend on the method. If you think abt surgery, you should decide carefully. I had 2 surgeries. 3 rd surgery will be abt after 2 years for taking out intramedullary nail. I had knee pain, but not all time. My main problem for now is a ballerina syndrome. I m trying to solve it.

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Quote from: myloginacct on November 26, 2017, 11:50:52 PMI've never done LL. Take my post with a grain of salt.

I have this link from Parihar about the methods. He's a LL doctor so take it with a grain of salt too. Trust mostly vets who have gone through it.
https://sites.google.com/site/cllrpatients/faqs/cosmeticlengthening

Edit: Also, it'd be good if mods could take a little look over this thread. Too many low post number accounts have been posting here. Make sure they're all different IPs and it's not all a single person with a vested interest in that people go to this doctor. Also edited out a part of my post because I had misread 3inchhope's.

What is going on here?

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BSHR, I have some questions about postoperative period, especially abt ballerina syndrome. I sent  you dm, can you answer them please?

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As you wrote above you lengthened your height 8.1 cm, do you look good in proportions?

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Hi, BSHR how are you now? we will be pleased to hear from you.