No More Mal-Kahn-Tent - External Tibias - Dr Parihar

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i think the surgery itself fixes bow legness

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Interesting read so far

However I have a few questions:
- Is it possible to do internal femurs in India?
- How tall do you aim to be at the end of your surgery?

And a final question:
- How tall is Dr Parihar, would you say?  From reading all this, he must be at least 6'3" (very tall for India)

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Quote from: srimech123 on September 03, 2014, 05:51:13 PMInteresting read so far

However I have a few questions:
- Is it possible to do internal femurs in India?
- How tall do you aim to be at the end of your surgery?

And a final question:
- How tall is Dr Parihar, would you say?  From reading all this, he must be at least 6'3" (very tall for India)

1) Precice 2 is approved for use in India currently. If you tell your surgeon you want internal femurs then he would contact Ellipse and then after you pay Ellipse the cost of the nails they will be shipped from the UK to the doctor.

2) 5'7

3) From the height difference between himself and Dr Divya, who's 5'11, I would guess he's 6'2 or slightly taller. Here's a picture with both doctors in it. You'll notice Dr Parihar is standing next to Dr Solomin, who was recently added to the doctor directory.

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Great picture. It's fantastic to put faces to names. What was Dr. Solomon doing in India?

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He was one of the instructors at an Ortho-SUV frame course.

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Here's a sample of the food I've been eating at Hotel Maharana. The hotel has its own restaurant but it's vegetarian, so anything on the menu that has meat in it is brought from Hotel Sai Darshan across the street. Everything tastes pretty good and I've become quite partial to the butter naan and mutton masala combo (first pic).

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Just turned to 5.5 cm today. I have my next appointment with Dr Parihar tomorrow. Hopefully the actual amount lengthened is close to the amount turned. If it is, I think I'll just need to turn .75 until the following Tuesday or Thursday and then my lengthening phase will be over. Next step after that is adding the extra pins to the middle of each leg and converting the frame into a hexapod fixator to fix any misalignment.

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Stop at 6

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Gonna go for 7 cm in the final week and stop at 13 cm.

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What do you mean you are stopping at 13cm lol

Im assuming you meant you are stopping at 7cm... Anyway do you plan on going back home with the frames on or are you staying there until its off? How long is your visa valid for and do you know long it can be extended to? What does +5.5cm feel like, do you notice anything, do you feel taller or do you think 5cms on tibia as a first operation is not yet sufficient? Any pictures on your tibs would be a huge plus if you dont mind showing them. Thanks