can embolis or blood clots block the eye blood vessels and cause blindness? what are the chances? or is there some other mechanism by which this can happen? this would be the WORST complication ever.
I read some online reports of something like this but it was a rare case. but what are the chances? what are we willing to risk just to be 2 inches more?
I've honestly never heard of that happening; if it is a possibility, then it's an EXCEEDINGLY rare complication.
on wikipedia it says fat embolism can cause vision problems. but they are not stating how much are the odds. Very worrying this is. Wish someone could clarify this for us.
Fat embolisms are very rare with LL, especially given a competent surgeon.
Quote from: ReadRothbard on December 24, 2021, 08:07:45 AMFat embolisms are very rare with LL, especially given a competent surgeon.
some 4-5 patients of paley are known to have had fat embolism. We don't know how many are not known. it's not exceedingly rare
Quote from: bloggerdude on December 24, 2021, 09:00:07 AMsome 4-5 patients of paley are known to have had fat embolism. We don't know how many are not known. it's not exceedingly rare
Paley has performed tens of thousands of LL surgeries, so that still comes out at a very low percentage. Besides, they give you drugs to prevent embolisms.
Quote from: ReadRothbard on December 24, 2021, 07:43:30 PMPaley has performed tens of thousands of LL surgeries, so that still comes out at a very low percentage. Besides, they give you drugs to prevent embolisms.
We know of 2 cases. We don't know about those who did not write on this site. The real percentage is 4%. Please do not make false assumptions. And we don't know what percentage of this 4% leads to vision problems. It's not documented anywhere.
There are not drugs to prevent fat embolism. All doctors do bone venting but still the rate of fat embolism is 4%.
Quote from: bloggerdude on December 25, 2021, 05:32:19 PMWe know of 2 cases. We don't know about those who did not write on this site. The real percentage is 4%. Please do not make false assumptions. And we don't know what percentage of this 4% leads to vision problems. It's not documented anywhere.
There are not drugs to prevent fat embolism. All doctors do bone venting but still the rate of fat embolism is 4%.
Where did you get the 4% ?
Because I believe the ones we know from Paley are from his admission not from the forum .
Quote from: Masteryourlife on December 25, 2021, 09:02:33 PMWhere did you get the 4% ?
Because I believe the ones we know from Paley are from his admission not from the forum .
limblengthening.org/complications
I think most fat embolis gets resolved easily. But which % of it results in vision impairment in my concern?
morthoj.org/2010v4n1/Cortical_Blindness.pdf
They don't mention the probability of this complication but its a paper about it
They says its very rare but still its scary af. Most doctors say "you can die from LL" but few go into specifics like this. We should take all possible steps to prevent embolism.
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