I heard that you can gain a little bit if extra height from the initial cut. I heard of someone if you do lets say 8cm lengthening you can end up being 8.5cm taller because the initial cut they did before you start lengthening is about half a cm big. Is this true?
Quote from: wannabeidol on March 14, 2021, 07:44:04 AM no
when they make the break they lengthen the nail by 0.1cm so you come out post op with a .1cm gap
what you may be thinking of is correction deformity
if someone has a knee valgus or varus deformity then the correction can give you the height you legs should be
I did research before and it seems like Paley does a quarter-inch (~0.6cm) incision which would make more sense because if you wait one week until you start lengthening, the bone is perfectly aligned with the ideal 0.1cm gap, you know what I mean? Like in the first 6 days you don't lengthen but the bone catches up with the gap, if you'd do 0.1cm wouldn't it start to consolidate before you start lengthening?
But the question is if they already extend the nail a bit intraoperatively as you said.
If yes -> You don't have to lengthen as much because it already gave you a "kickstart".
If no -> You can possibly get 1/4 inch of "bonus height".
I hope that makes sense. I didn't mean a valgus but I know this is a possibility as well.
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