Why I think CLL prices will never fall in the west, even if it gets more popular

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Even if CLL is lucrative, most orthopedic surgeons will not take the time or spend the effort required to become experts in all the intricacies of Ilizarov's principles of distraction. That requires additional years of focus in a subspecialty that on average makes doctors less money than getting into knee replacement surgery and calling it a day. Most orthopedic surgeons will know the general principles of how it works, but without that extra subspecialty training, most won't know about important things like fibula fixation, where to place the pins to avoid damaging nerves, where and what angle to insert the nail to avoid misalignment, etc. That's not even getting into the situation where a doc has a patient with a complication they've never actually treated before and they're at a loss as to how to treat it and need to refer you to someone else.

Few doctors are actually getting into this specialty of orthopedics and the number of doctors retiring is going to go up, so fewer doctors are going to be able to safely offer you this service, despite the advertising for it going up. Then when more people start having bad results by going to amateurs, this surgery will just be more exposed to the general public, but with more negative attention.

My 2 cents.

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It is a pity that the Chinese government banned the operation. Only some doctors operate in stealth. And there is little rehabilitation. If the surgery hadn't been banned. I believe China will become the center of the world for limb extension.



I once interviewed doctors in the best orthopedic hospital in China. Doctors there handle many bone lengthening operations a day. From bone defects caused by car accidents to being born with dwarfism. It's a piece of cake for them to do bone lengthening in normal people.



Except for major holidays, almost every day to do three operations.