What's the maximum lengthening done on tibias that you know of ?

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Why early arthritis?

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That reminds me of the rule dictated by some doctors of not lengthening more than "20%" of the original bone length, I don't like to base myself on statistics when dealing with a field as arbitrary as limb lengthening, I respect your opinion and the different points of view, but I always maintain an impartial position regarding this kind of thing

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I have never written that all that I write is speculation, look at my eairler posts if you don't believe me... James bond. You just posted a bunch of nonsense. Pretty much everytime I post something here I have evidence to back it up, not like you and the wolf guy. I only claim what has already been proven to be correct not like you guys argumenting with zero facts and your personal opinion. I don't choose Dr Giotikas and Greece over everything. If you look at my earlier post I actually tell people to go with Paley in US if they have the money, but most people don't have that amount. So no your interpretation of me being bias towards Dr G is not accurate and hey if you want to avoid all western surgeons advice of avoiding LON, then go ahead and do it. But their is a high chance of you ending up cripled, getting Deep infection or something third compared to an internal method with Femurs... We have seen it many times people ending up butchered by LON and their turkish/indian surgeons.

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=78209.0

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=79700.0

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=78387.0

I can find more evidence if you want but is this enough for you?

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Nice evidence and facts you provide LMAO

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The start depends on your height and flexibility, but do not exceed 7cm.

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Bro 7 cm on tibia is insane, So is 12cm on femur bro, I don't who allows that  . But I think safe would maybe be 8.5-9cm femur and probably 6cm tibia, nothing more nothing less.

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on April 19, 2023, 06:33:46 PM14 cm.

that's crazy and inspiring at the same time 

did she require ATL release ? if yes , did it affect her push off strength permanently ?
how long was the lengthening phase ?
did she do femurs as well ?
if yes , were they before or after she did tibias ?

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Quote from: short but sweet on April 25, 2023, 06:04:43 AMthat's crazy and inspiring at the same time 

did she require ATL release ? if yes , did it affect her push off strength permanently ?
how long was the lengthening phase ?
did she do femurs as well ?
if yes , were they before or after she did tibias ?

I don't know.  I just saw her briefly there.

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Quote from: DanishViking on April 20, 2023, 06:29:12 AMYou shouldn't lengthen more than 5 cm max. According to cyborg4life in a recent interview lengthening more than 3.5 - 4.5 cm on the tibias is considered overlengthening for most people and can give all kind of issues later down the line.

Personally I don't understand people doing tibias at all... The complication rate is higher mainly because of the 2 bone being cut (tibia and fibula) so it's more risky. Malalignment is also a big issue with tibias. You can gain a less amount of height. It heals slower. Also only doing Tibia usually gives a much higher chance of early arthisis and problem with the rest of leg functions, where lengthening the femurs shouldn't give the samme issues:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26398436/

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All these are plain nonsense.

External tibias is by far the safest way for LL. The cheapest also.
Furthermore you could gain safely 6cm which is about 7cm on femurs in real height due to the curve in femur bones.
Also, premature arthritis is more probable with femurs, especially if you insert the nail from the knee, than with external tibias.
And last but not least for most of LLers tibia LL looks much better than femur as longer tibias make.you appear taller and more.athletic than longer femurs.

In a few words I really can't understand why someone who wants only one LL for about 5-6 cm total lengthening does anything else than pure external tibias which is the safest, cheapest and less painful way of LL.

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Quote from: Body Builder on May 04, 2023, 11:06:14 PMAll these are plain nonsense.

External tibias is by far the safest way for LL. The cheapest also.
Furthermore you could gain safely 6cm which is about 7cm on femurs in real height due to the curve in femur bones.
Also, premature arthritis is more probable with femurs, especially if you insert the nail from the knee, than with external tibias.
And last but not least for most of LLers tibia LL looks much better than femur as longer tibias make.you appear taller and more.athletic than longer femurs.

In a few words I really can't understand why someone who wants only one LL for about 5-6 cm total lengthening does anything else than pure external tibias which is the safest, cheapest and less painful way of LL.

Isnt tibia more risky due to the ACL and the fibular bone? As in the ACL needs surgery too if you go past X cm and the risk of fibular mal union or change in angle increases?

I am not asking to be a smartass or refute your post I am just genuinely curious.