Waiting 3 months vs 1 year for second surgery

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Hi all,

I had a consultation with a doc that said that the (outside of quad lengthening) tibias can be done as early as 3 months into consolidation phase after femur lengthening (6 months after initial surgery date on femurs) for best bang for buck in respect to time. But, it's much easier to wait a full year after femurs before doing tibia lengthening.

Wanted to know the forums thoughts on which route is better and why? Is there a major difference in result and success, or is it a matter of pain? My goal would be to save time, but I'm not in any particular rush.

What do you guys think?

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I mean, of the two cases:

1) Get femur, wait 3 months into consolidation (6 months from surgery date)

OR

2) Get femur, wait 1 full year, get tibia

What's the benefit of waiting a full year? If I was to get tibia 6 months in, is it just a matter of additional pain or will it impact how much I can lengthen, etc