Uneven legs after LON femur

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I did LON femur this summer. i’m 2 months into consolidation and i noticed that my left leg is a little shorter. Is this fixable when i will remove the internal nails?

yes, i did it in turkey
no, i will not say who was my surgeon

Is not bad, as other doctors said but who is happy with uneven legs?.. i’m guessing about 0.5-1cm discrepancy.  i can’t figure out how much because i couldn’t found in my country  x-ray machine that does precise measurements and measurements from turkey were different every other day.

thank you all

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Quote from: Limblengtheningwarrior on December 02, 2022, 04:04:35 AMThe x-ray is not in full length, so we can not see it clearly

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Quote from: LIVELIFETHEWAYIWANT on December 02, 2022, 07:50:01 AMGo get an Xray , ask for a Disk , it has a software for viewing , use the  measurement tool from bone top to bone end to see if the uneven is from LL or else .

I know they’re uneven already. I had my x-rays before the surgery. legs were even before.
My question was, do you guys know if is fixable when i will remove the internal nails?

weird that the short leg is the one that gave me most of the problems now but was the most flexible during lengthening.

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Quote from: LIVELIFETHEWAYIWANT on December 02, 2022, 04:33:15 PMYour choices are , lengthen the short one now , or shorten the long one now . when you remove the nails , the 1 CM is already set (bone healed)

How can I lengthen the short one now? is been 2 months since i removed the frames. the nail is fixed with screws

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Quote from: LIVELIFETHEWAYIWANT on December 02, 2022, 10:20:31 PM your case started to sound like a medical malpractice.

probably is

Quote from: LIVELIFETHEWAYIWANT on December 02, 2022, 10:20:31 PM before removing the frame, your doctor did not check if both legs are same length?

he did but he was wrong

 

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Quote from: shortisnotfun on December 06, 2022, 06:12:48 AMAre your femur bones bent? They look very bent. Might be the way your leg was positioned.

might be, yes. I did not got the 7.8 cm that I lengthen due to that. Doctors in my country are not specialised in this kind of surgery and they’re saying that everything looks good. My surgeon obviously says the same.

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Quote from: motoboarder on December 09, 2022, 12:34:43 AMDid you have bowl legs before surgery? It seemed they might have cut too high causing the top bones to curve out..

I did not. I know they’re curved now. lucky, you can’t really tell in real life. is visible only in x-rays. hopefully this won’t affect my gait. hopefully they’ll straighten a little bit with consolidation. 

i’m trying to wait longer for my next x-rays because i believe i did way to many when i had the surgery.