Koehne Diary 21/22 | Unilateral Tibia + Femur

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He is doing LL femur and tibia at the same time so 1,38 mm per day is not so much.

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Quote from: randy on August 13, 2022, 04:48:53 AMAnd keeping stuff you can't hold in your hands on that seat?

I understand it's best to have someone (family member/friend) to help, but if that's not an option, what would you advise? Thanks Siegfried
I honestly dont know. This is something you have to figure out I guess. Maybe ask the hospital if they hire somebody for you or pay of the taxi guy to carry your luggage into your apartment.

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X Rays of 28 days post op. Image quality is very bad. I will try to get better ones next time:

https://imgur.com/a/G905xqi

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About 5 weeks post Op now.
Femur: 3.2cm
Tibia: 1.8cm

My leg, especially my it-band, is starting to get very tight.

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Quote from: LegendKiller on November 20, 2021, 06:41:30 AMPeter Thaller is a good doc, I actually contacted him when I had my ITB-issues and he was very professional and friendly. He told me that he doesn't like cosmetic LL cases that much and that many doctors are just there to make quick money with the patients... I asked him if he would do my Tibias maybe sometime in the future and he said yes it's possible but you have to be really careful and only lengthen a conservative amount especially on tibia otherwise you can be crippled for life. If I were to do Tibias someday I would Def. Go to him because he seems to really care about his patients, a lot of other German doctors don't and that I know for a fact.
so you got 10 cm with only on femur?

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7.4cm out of 8.7cm done. Should be done with lengthening in 10-12 days.

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How is the feeling?

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Don't speed up in the end to finish it fast as tempting as it might feel.

There is this old diary of a German patient who got nerve problems because he sped up lengthening at the end: http://limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=2213.0

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Well, legs are getting tighter of course, but all good so far. I have an xray appointment with dr.koehne on wednesday, so im curious to see how the consolidation is going.

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hi，I might do the same surgery as you did. How did the doctor talk about prognosis. What’s the possible recovering rate you would probably get? 90%?