Leonid Solomin vs. Maurizio Catagni (7 cm tibias LON or LATN)

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I've more or less narrowed my tibial lengthening down to these two docs for my external LATN. Both seem to be excellent, with Catagni being perhaps the most well-renowned doc on Earth for external tibial lengthening. However, Dr. Solomin is also very well regarded--being a top surgeon and professor of Orthopedic surgery at one of Russia's largest university hospitals--as well as an active researcher in the field with several dozen scientific papers under his repertoire. The only key difference is that Dr. Solomin & Kulesh will run me about $25k altogether, while Dr. Catagni & Pilli will likely be more in the $35k range. I haven't heard anything bad about either docs, so I'm curious what people think. Thank you.

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Quote from: Bob on January 28, 2022, 12:44:10 AMWhere can we read Dr. Solomin's scientific papers?

I found the full list of papers he's written on Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leonid-Solomin

I'll admit that I'm pretty impressed, but I want to be sure about him before risking my legs. Meanwhile, I have no doubts at all about Dr. Catagni.

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Quote from: zaozari on January 28, 2022, 12:54:54 AMI also considered both but Catagni is around maybe 73 yo, which despite all his cv is not ideal in a surgeon. I wrote to Pilli but still have no answer. I am also trying to know more about Solomin, he's apparently one of the most respected.

I know he works with Dr. Pilli, and I believe Pilli mostly covers for him. The same applies with Dr. Solomin and Kulesh.

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Quote from: financialadvisor on January 28, 2022, 11:21:01 PMHey @ReadRothbard, last time I checked in public clinic +14 days of postoperative days in the single hospital room was:
296000 + (11*4700) = 347700 * 0.011 = 3824.7 Eur 
1.5 months per cm = 3000 Eur living expenses
so all in all, I'm saving up to 16 k. eur

How did you arrive to 25k.?

Anyway they Russia doesn't give any visas yet.

The quote they gave me was 25k for the private clinic + visa support.

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Quote from: Thehighest on January 29, 2022, 09:58:31 PMBetter go to Catagni, although I dont like they do Achilles tendon lengthening very often they produce good results, solomin and kulesh have had strange cases here, better go to the safety. And I would recommend LON, becuase I read that with LATN they can harm the regenerate in the nail insertion and can cause lost  of height gained becuase the regenerate is soft during the nailing.

You can bypass ATL if you're very flexible going into surgery, but yes, I wanted to go with Dr. Catagni for pure externals, but he quoted me about 16 months until I can get back to heavy squatting and deadlifting (10 months if I do LON/LATN). The former is just too long, but the latter can be begrudgingly acceptable.

Dr. Solomin and Kulesh honestly seem to be wonderful doctors, too, however--and they're much younger, so I'm not sure yet. I'll have to contact Dr. Pilli.

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I should note that I plan to lengthen 5-6 inches, not 8 inches. The latter goal of 6’3 is a pipe dream that is only within reach if I find a way to grow an extra couple inches outside of LL. 5-6 inches is substantial and on the edge of what’s safe, but it’s not beyond the pale by any means.