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Posted on May 1, 2017, 6:28 pm
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It's quite hard to find information on this on the internet.

I am under the impression that for, for e.g. 6.5 cm in femurs using LON/LATN, around 100 days might be spent in distraction (give or take) and another 6 months or so spent in consolidation.

So it would be around 9 months before the frames came off.

Is this correct, or is it far less than this when using internal methods?

Any clarity shed on the situation would be much appreciated.

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Posted on May 1, 2017, 6:47 pm
#2

Ah, I thought even internals were done with external frames, I must be wrong.

Is the LON/LATN device actually inserted entirely inside the leg then?

EDIT:

Never mind, this thread clarified this question for me:

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=95.0

Frames come off early for internal methods, after distraction is complete.

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