Why I think that tibial lengthening is better in terms of proportions

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Hey all

  Well thinking about it, if you compare the lengthening of let's say 6cm or even 8cm of either tibia or femur, aesthetically tibial lengthening will be the best. Why? well because when you lengthen the femur, your body (and especially hands) are getting farther away from the kness while if you lengthen the tibia, the distance between your hands and body from the knees remain constant (if you look at tall folks, you will see that  their knees are at the same distance from their hands proportionally speaking as much as short folks) thus better "hiding" the lengthening and the disproportion that was created.

 What you guys think?

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I know what you mean. The knee to feet part is the part we never bother reaching anyway.
But if you have really long tibias, your knees will be really high when you sit.

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Quote from: Penguinn on February 17, 2016, 02:02:56 PMI know what you mean. The knee to feet part is the part we never bother reaching anyway.
But if you have really long tibias, your knees will be really high when you sit.

Have you even seen a 5'7 or less dude with long tibias?

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 17, 2016, 02:07:39 PMHave you even seen a 5'7 or less dude with long tibias?

When compared to their femurs? Yeah.

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on February 17, 2016, 02:01:38 PMHey all

  Well thinking about it, if you compare the lengthening of let's say 6cm or even 8cm of either tibia or femur, aesthetically tibial lengthening will be the best. Why? well because when you lengthen the femur, your body (and especially hands) are getting farther away from the kness while if you lengthen the tibia, the distance between your hands and body from the knees remain constant (if you look at tall folks, you will see that  their knees are at the same distance from their hands proportionally speaking as much as short folks) thus better "hiding" the lengthening and the disproportion that was created.

 What you guys think?

You might be on to something here..... I agree

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Quote from: Penguinn on February 17, 2016, 02:17:41 PMWhen compared to their femurs? Yeah.

There is a video on youtube of Dr.M patient that did 8 cm LATN on tibia. Doesnt look disproportionate at all

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Also I got the impression that alot of people, after frames removal and returning to normal life, lose their chicken leg and get pretty bulky calves which also help to make your calves look shorter. Remember that during a mock-up (either of tibia or femur) when you lengthen one part you also make it look "slimmer" thus making it look longer than what it actually is. This is why many times the thigs look shorter than calves.. Because they have more muscle mass

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You're right, but it's a moot point since the recovery prospects are so awful.

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Quote from: Thatdude950 on February 17, 2016, 04:55:21 PMYou're right, but it's a moot point since the recovery prospects are so awful.

Long term recovery is a moot point for many LL patients as long as they can walk it's considered recovered and the LL was a "success".