Dr Betz Complications! Nail/Screws Break and Require More Money and Surgery

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LL Forumorlife, will you be writing a diary about your LL experience?

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Quote from: LLto180 on February 26, 2014, 11:27:21 AMAs you probably realized english is not my native language and for me a few is something between 3-7. My surgery was exactly 7 weeks from now. I grow 1 mm a day.
So I just got up and will click now and then I have my 5cm

I talked to Elke again. I wasnt shure yesterday evening how many patients she already had, neither is she. But she said its close to 200. She isnt shure about it (dont forget she is doing it for 7 years now) but those 5 people had some bent screws or bent nails... a bent screw is easy and cheap fixable and a bent nail is fixable as well but costs you quite a bit of money. The really bad thing is when you have a fractur and she said she saw that only once... then you probably have to stop lenghtening, thats worst case. But if you have a fractur then you definately did something stupid.

About the titanium nails: As far as I know it costs you 16000 EUR (22000 USD). I am not sure what some guys think of that surgery but you you cant sit on a couch and Dr. Betz is putting titanium nails in your legs. He operates in a high modern surgery room. They have probably the most expensive devices you can get for money. Betz have to pay rent for the surgery room and thats expensive. He has to pay an anesthetist which is monitoring you during the whole procedur and like 5 other assistents who help him during the procedur. He has to pay the hospital to take care of you after surgery. There are a lot of hidden costs.
And if you do everything right you anyway dont have to go for titanium nails.

Whoever you choose you cant be faster than 1mm a day. But with Dr. Betz you can go to work (office job) once you leave the hospital. To tell you the truth I could have gone to work 3 days after surgery. No problem at all. Its individual of course but I think if someone really want to work he can do it. A lot of Betz patients work.

You shouldn't ask Elke, ask the other doctors in Neunkirchen and Orscholz. It is obvious that people who have a financial interest in Betz try to downplay the complications. Blaming the patients is also a good method. You have just been lucky until now but that doesn't mean that the bad things didn't happen.

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Quote from: LLto180 on February 26, 2014, 11:27:21 AMAs you probably realized english is not my native language and for me a few is something between 3-7. My surgery was exactly 7 weeks from now. I grow 1 mm a day.
So I just got up and will click now and then I have my 5cm

I talked to Elke again. I wasnt shure yesterday evening how many patients she already had, neither is she. But she said its close to 200. She isnt shure about it (dont forget she is doing it for 7 years now) but those 5 people had some bent screws or bent nails... a bent screw is easy and cheap fixable and a bent nail is fixable as well but costs you quite a bit of money. The really bad thing is when you have a fractur and she said she saw that only once... then you probably have to stop lenghtening, thats worst case. But if you have a fractur then you definately did something stupid.

About the titanium nails: As far as I know it costs you 16000 EUR (22000 USD). I am not sure what some guys think of that surgery but you you cant sit on a couch and Dr. Betz is putting titanium nails in your legs. He operates in a high modern surgery room. They have probably the most expensive devices you can get for money. Betz have to pay rent for the surgery room and thats expensive. He has to pay an anesthetist which is monitoring you during the whole procedur and like 5 other assistents who help him during the procedur. He has to pay the hospital to take care of you after surgery. There are a lot of hidden costs.
And if you do everything right you anyway dont have to go for titanium nails.

Whoever you choose you cant be faster than 1mm a day. But with Dr. Betz you can go to work (office job) once you leave the hospital. To tell you the truth I could have gone to work 3 days after surgery. No problem at all. Its individual of course but I think if someone really want to work he can do it. A lot of Betz patients work.

You shouldn't ask Elke, ask the other doctors in Neunkirchen and Orscholz. It is obvious that people who have a financial interest in Betz try to downplay the complications. Blaming the patients is also a good method. You have just been lucky until now but that doesn't mean that the bad things didn't happen.

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Hey Mime,

How many of the Betz patients do you know with issues with their nails/screws?

Thanks.

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Hey Mime,

How many of the Betz patients do you know with issues with their nails/screws?

Thanks.

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Quote from: mediocre on February 26, 2014, 03:16:53 PMHey Mime,

How many of the Betz patients do you know with issues with their nails/screws?

Thanks.

Around 30% of his femur patients.

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There was a time I was considering doing LL with him.

Quote from: Mime on February 26, 2014, 03:51:44 PMAround 30% of his femur patients.

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Quote from: Mime on February 26, 2014, 03:51:44 PMAround 30% of his femur patients.

you sure meant 30.121 %  u lying sack of  .

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Quote from: kusop on February 26, 2014, 04:55:47 PMyou sure meant 30.121 %  u lying sack of s**t.

Chill with the language.  We can have respectful debates here without cursing community members out...

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The guy is a troll. That's all. Just ignore him.