To the people who actually did LL on femurs and got 7-8 cm

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Posted on Jun 9, 2023, 4:01 pm

I am basically wondering wether doing 7-8 cm on femurs is going to feel off after LL, because of a wierd walking gait maybe? What about for someone whos 5'6 / 167 cm in the morning like me? Did you guys who have achieved this amount feel the need to do tibia as well for the only reason that femurs felt to long afterwards?

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Zib

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Posted on Jun 9, 2023, 5:00 pm

I think doing quad 6 cm on femur + 4cm on tibia is the best option in terms of time, proportions and recovery. Even though you are lengthening 2 segments you are not really pushing it to the limit for each segment what is going to help with better and quicker recovery, your t:f femur is not going to be affected as much as doing 8cm in one segment. The only downside is the money (you have to pay for 2 Segments and lower added height than if you wait one year between the 2 segments (1inch difference).

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DanishViking

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Posted on Jun 9, 2023, 5:08 pm

I only have the money for one segment which obviously is going to be femurs. But dont wanna get it done if most people feel uncormfortable afterwards.

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JJ299

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Posted on Jun 9, 2023, 9:46 pm

Height Journey did like 7cm femur and 4cm tibia, and he seem to be doing fine/satisified with the procedure, but the guy went to one of the best Surgeons in the US and seem to be doing PT religiously.

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Posted on Jun 10, 2023, 3:38 am

Quote from: DanishViking on June 09, 2023, 04:01:25 PM

In general, I think we vastly underestimate just how wide the range for "normal" in human body proportions is. Some people naturally have long legs, some have really short legs, and yet we don't bat an eye when we encounter them. Unless you are already on the edge of "normal" proportions, 8cm in the tibia or femur is unlikely to dramatically change anything.

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Medium Drink Of Water

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Posted on Jun 10, 2023, 4:23 am

There's not much variance to the 0.8 ratio, unfortunately.

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Posted on Jun 12, 2023, 6:48 pm

Quote from: Zib on June 09, 2023, 05:00:57 PM

This is very close to what I am aiming at myself. I want to go from 183 cm to 193 cm with quadrilateral lengthening. I too believe that lengthening 2 segments will yield in better results and a quicker recovery if it means that you don't have to push it to the limit when lengthening.

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coffee223

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Posted on Jun 12, 2023, 9:28 pm

I'm only at 4.5cm right now but I've seen a few patients at PT who did 7+ and a few weeks into consolidation they're doing fine and look great, hell some of them I can't see any issues with their walking etc even after a few weeks.

It's true enough that short-term complications like duckass are more prevalent in those who lengthen more but this seems to be a minor issue that goes away pretty fast once they start walking around unassisted.

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Posted on Jun 13, 2023, 2:32 am

After lengthening 7cm femurs, it wasn't bad at all. Walking gait is pretty normal and actually makes walking easier because each step with longer femurs I get more distance.

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Posted on Jun 14, 2023, 2:22 am

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I would personally do 8cm if I was in your shoes if you don't plan on doing another surgery just do 1 and done and get the max out of it, I'll think you'll get more out of it

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