Quote from: Herron52 on September 28, 2014, 03:07:12 PM
Yeah but I'm dead set on lengthening my tibias at least 7cm and that put my tibias and femurs would be to close to the same length
SO? its ok! its better than having a long bone 15cm longer than the other 
I was wondering if LON method can be done by dr leonid solomin??
oops lol my bad sorry.
yes I meant LON femur as in (LON, monorail femur) has a 5% contracture rate.
and classic ilisorov cage with IM nail is what I meant when I typed it,
however I just reviewed the papers and I made a mistake in my statement, 30% contracture rate is for (classic external ilisorov cages) with (no LON).
I will do research now for (classic ilisorov cages external) (with LON) for contracture rate, I used to know but I forgot the figure, I think by memory it was very close to contracture rate of 30%.
here is a thread I made a while ago with some links.
http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=893.0
True but I am dead set on reaching 5'8(I mean in the country where I'll be living that's still considered short) no matter I can do internals just wondered why LON on femurs was such a horrid idea.
Did anyone spoke to the Dr to confirm the price and period of staying ?
I talked to him. ~$5000 for surgery and 3 weeks stay
~50$ per day in 4 person room
what about frame romoval ? and lengthening home ?
I have been messaging the doctor and was telling him how i want to add 15cm to both legs and he said he does those surgeries by doing this
"If larger lengthening is necessary we use cross-elongation. Sequential
cross-elongation of femurs and lower legs:
1st step: right femur + left lower leg
2nd step: left femur + right lower leg
Cost for the each step: Femur and lower leg frame applying + osteotomy
+ 60 days in four-six bed ward = ~ $9.000." those are his words just wanted to know do you guys think this is a bad way to lengthen?
Guessing cages would be used for femurs?
Im assuming thats for externals only? Do you know how much it would cost to stay at the hospital a day?
Could you ask him how much it is and what kind of visa you'd need to stay in Russia?
$9,000 for both segments which includes a 60 day stay in the hospital is a DAMN BARGAIN. That equates to $4,500 a segment which is cheap as chips
If only Exclide started a diary on his experiences because he's the only one so far brave enough to proceed with it and he seems to be in good spirits atm.
Im still undecided on externals femur though, how uncomfortable would it be to have those on your femurs for 9-10months? And how do you go back home to your home country with them on? I would think a patient would have to stay in the hospital for the whole duration?
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