Gnail like all albizzia craps are an obsolete joke with serious risks of uncontrollable lengthening and with a barbaric procedure to lengthen which also makes rehabilitation longer.
A very bad decision for Giotikas to use that nail unless he charges the half amount compares to precise 2 (not even stryde) something I am sure he won't do.
Does anyone now how much weight can G-nail take? I can't find it, all places just say it's "full weightbearing", but no actual numbers are shown.
Yes this is actually a better option than precise-2. It says the faliure rate is just 2% which is nothing much to worry about. Most importantly it allows for full weight bearing. Anyone have any experience with this nail?
"Runaway" was a problem of ISKD distractor nail, not G-nail, Albizzia or Betzbone. Don't get confused.
Quote from: Arcon on July 31, 2021, 05:21:06 PM"Runaway" was a problem of ISKD distractor nail, not G-nail, Albizzia or Betzbone. Don't get confused.
You are wrong. There was that kind of problem with all the above nails. Thats the main reason Unicorn had a huge non alignment with g nail crap which lengthened uncontrollably.
All these nails are crap. No sane LLer would use these nails now that precise 2 still exist (although not fully weight bearing) and stryde will be back in business in a year or less probably.
Quote from: Body Builder on July 31, 2021, 11:54:57 PMYou are wrong. There was that kind of problem with all the above nails. Thats the main reason Unicorn had a huge non alignment with g nail crap which lengthened uncontrollably.
All these nails are crap. No sane LLer would use these nails now that precise 2 still exist (although not fully weight bearing) and stryde will be back in business in a year or less probably.
According to Dr Debiparshad Stryde at the earliest will be returning end of 2022 to the start of 2023. If people want a weight bearing nail they have very few options.
Quote from: Body Builder on July 31, 2021, 11:54:57 PMYou are wrong. There was that kind of problem with all the above nails. Thats the main reason Unicorn had a huge non alignment with g nail crap which lengthened uncontrollably.
All these nails are crap. No sane LLer would use these nails now that precise 2 still exist (although not fully weight bearing) and stryde will be back in business in a year or less probably.
No, you are wrong, the main problem with unicorn was that the nail penetrated the bone which was more of a surgeon's performance issue, not the uncontrolled lengthening. ISKD nail was notorious for uncontrollable lengthening not guichet, betzbone or Albizzia.
Stryde failed in less than 3 years since its introduction and they now need 1.5-2 years to introduce a new "Stryde" (and probably another 2 years to see how it works in the real world). We should stop thinking of it as " the standard" because it has never been as good a nail as we all thought.
Precise-2 is good and proven, but it is non-weight bearing which means more physio and more limitation. So imo, frames may still be the best option in the tibia now but in the femur I think precise-2 , gichet nail and betzbone are all "sane" options if performed by a knowledgeable surgeon.
Quote from: Arcon on August 01, 2021, 06:31:39 AMNo, you are wrong, the main problem with unicorn was that the nail penetrated the bone which was more of a surgeon's performance issue, not the uncontrolled lengthening. ISKD nail was notorious for uncontrollable lengthening not guichet, betzbone or Albizzia.
Stryde failed in less than 3 years since its introduction and they now need 1.5-2 years to introduce a new "Stryde" (and probably another 2 years to see how it works in the real world). We should stop thinking of it as " the standard" because it has never been as good a nail as we all thought.
Precise-2 is good and proven, but it is non-weight bearing which means more physio and more limitation. So imo, frames may still be the best option in the tibia now but in the femur I think precise-2 , gichet nail and betzbone are all "sane" options if performed by a knowledgeable surgeon.
I agree with you. For now I think I will wait for Precice 2, specially if I can get the big nail, as I have quite a big frame for my height (I was 85 kg before dieting and getting to 74). I probably will do X rays soon to confirm that. However, if there are more delays with Nuvasive, I will consider G-Nail, and I don't think it's fair to call mechanical nails "crap" nails when there are so many recent success stories with them. I also don't think Giotikas would choose a crap nail, as he earns the same with Precice, the price changes are due to the nail itself.
Quote from: Body Builder on July 31, 2021, 03:17:30 PMGnail like all albizzia craps are an obsolete joke with serious risks of uncontrollable lengthening and with a barbaric procedure to lengthen which also makes rehabilitation longer.
A very bad decision for Giotikas to use that nail unless he charges the half amount compares to precise 2 (not even stryde) something I am sure he won't do.
I understand that you don't like mechanical nails and that's fine but stop calling them obsolete when they are the only weight bearing nails in use at the moment. For them to be obsolete it would mean they have no clinical use or benefit (not true since weight bearing is a benefit in itself) and the irony behind a statement like that is, Stryde is the nail that is now obsolete as it basically doesn't exist anymore and failed in less than 3 years. Precise 2 is a good option but using a walker / wheelchair for months isn't something to take lightly and having to be 'cleared' to start walking unassisted can be a long process if you are a slow bone grower.
We need to be more objective on this forum about the benefits and drawbacks of all current methods for future LLers and stop talking about Stryde as if its the holy grail - it is no longer an option and has a chance of never being an available again.
I sincerelly think that Precice 2 nail is the best option right now. It's a FDA approved nail , with reversal mechanism and most LL surgeons in the world use it.
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