Hello everyone. Thank you for the kind words.
I try to write down what happened and how I feel.
My lengthening surgery was 2 years ago. my Nail removal was 5 months ago. The xrays before the removal showed good consolidation. Two months after the nail removal I was cleared to do sports etc. So i was already running and doing sports and everything was fine.
I cant even describe how ty I feel right now. Yesterday I was going on the street an slipped on an iceplate. I immediately felt and heard how the bone was broken. the break did not happen on impact but beforehand due to the force applied to cushion the fall. I was laying there on the ice plate for 30 min screaming and waiting for the ambulance.
I cant the describe the pain it was the worst pain I ve ever had.
an x-ray was taken in the hospital. the bone broke through completely.
the operation was a bit complicated but everything went well i was told by the doctor. the cuts on the leg are now huge and not comparable to the cuts from the original surgery but that is the least of my worries. The doctor said that the inside of the bone wasn't firm, but he can't say whether it was because of the fracture. but apparently the bone hadn't healed yet enough.
Im still shocked and worried and cant believe what happened.
I always tried to stay safe. Not lengthening huge amounts, keeping the nail longer in and I was also very carefully after the nail removal for much longer than 6 weeks.
Femur lengthening - Jan/2021 w Dr. Koehne Strdye, Germany
"inside of the bone wasn't firm"
Any idea is that because removal of nail or has it been like that all the time this 2 years?
How hard did you fall? Did you bend you leg badly etc. ?
I have no idea why this was the case. Probably just not healed enough. Im waiting for the call of Dr. Koehne. The bone broke during the fall but yes it did bend quite hard.
Im very stressed if this could also happen to the second leg. It will take very long for me to get over this.
The pain of broke bone is terrible. I hope you recover soon.
Quote from: Erkan on February 06, 2023, 06:15:14 PMMy femur broke a few ours ago . I slipped on ice. Im shocked cant write more
Hi Erkan,
I'm sorry to hear that! I wish you all the best and a speedy recovery! Which of your bone broke? The one with the standard nail that you got in January 22?
Quote...the bone wasn't firm...
Could it be that the fracture was due to focal osteolysis? It was a common problem with the Stryde nail and one of the reasons why it was withdrawn from the market. Maybe you can ask Dr. Koehne about it.
Thank you!
My right femur broke. I did not make the nail change back then, because the bone consolidated fine in the end. So I had the stryde nail in from beginning to to end without a change. The nail was in for 18 month and was removed 5 months ago.
I will have to make xrays of how the bones look now.
Dr Koehne didnt said anything about osteolysis.
The whole situation did scare me a lot. I will be very cautious in the future. The sound and the feeling of the bone breaking did make a serious trauma in my mind.
Sorry to hear this. Read through your diary and it seems like you did everything right. Stryde might have had something to do this. Maybe for a few months before removal, patients should lift heavy weights so that the bone thickens? Just speculating, but I hope doctors and NuVasive start taking this account.
After nail removal I have understood any sport should be avoided next 6 months. Only walking and normal moving allowed.
My information was to wait 6 weeks. Ive waited 12 weeks anyway because I wanted to be on the safe side. My leg also did not brake during doing sports. I slipped pretty hard on the ice plate, but I dont think my femure would break in this situation without the lengthening. I would get hurt pretty bad anyway. We wont know for sure. I will definitely get Xrays of my left leg too.
I think its better to wait 6months with sports after nail removal for future patients. And even then just starting slowly.
This really sucks. Felt hard to read. Hope you recover smoothly and I also hope you don’t have leg discrepancy now.
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