Which one would be preferable in terms of retaining functionality and less problems to run into - full 8 cm on femurs or 6 cm on femurs + 4 cm on tibias?
Quote from: 6CMFemurs on January 18, 2021, 11:52:57 PMFull 8 CM femur. One surgery is safer than two. You can finish the one operation and start on your recovery. I only did femurs, but I hear that tibias take forever too and there are a lot more complications.
I see. I keep getting mixed opinions on this one though given you don't approach the maximum limit in either of those in contast.
Quote from: ghkid2019 on January 19, 2021, 03:05:26 AMshort term like 2 years probably 8cm femurs is better but you have to account for the fact that doing femurs will inevitably misalign the axis of the femurs and effectively make you walk differently biomechanically and may result in arthritis. ideally 6cm femurs and 4 tibias for long term in terms of like recovery in 5-10 years+ is better for long term recovery and lifestyle. do not misunderstand doing femurs at all will mess up the axis even 1cm but less reduces that misalignment and 6 + 4 is huge amount of lenghtening no matter how one tries to twist it and you will not be the same ever. athleticism idk i feel like in the long run doing 6 + 4 is still better athletically but its just a guess.
my understanding is that in the long long term, 10 years + it is better to do quadrilaterals just because of biomechanics. short term definitely single segment.
Yeah I suppose, that makes sense overall. I'd like to hear Dr. Assayag's input on this.
Quote from: Vibes on January 20, 2021, 02:44:48 AMI have read a lot of topics on this specific question...aka is it safer to do more in one segment or less in both etc.
Ultimately, based on my reading it seems that patients have it much easier recovery-wise when it comes to femurs. AKA even doing tibs at all introduces a much longer recovery timeline so ultimately when trying to preserve absolute athletic ability the only true choice is femurs. And then probably just doing 5-6.5 cm and not the full 8cm of STRYDE.
Ideally one would not be doing it at all, but I wouldn't be satisfied with anything less than 8 cm honestly. So what about in that case? Most opinions point to 8 cm femurs but I'm worried I won't be able to get it because I'm inflexible and some unexpected problems could occur which make me stop at 6 cm or so, then I will have to touch tibias.
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