ISKD sucks. You can't control the distraction rate and you can't stop or reverse it.
The amount of lengthening is fixed from the beginning, so if you originally planned for 8cm but you find out (the hard way) that you can't go over 5cm due to extreme pain during lengthening, you're basically f*ck*d.
ISKD is a gamble. Maybe your body can take the amount of lengthening you wanted in the beginning, maybe not. Maybe you're lucky and don't end up with a runaway nail, maybe not.
These guys at New Born need to start offering the Precice as soon as possible.
Their package price for ISKD is very competitive (48k, including a 3 months stay). Since the Precice nails cost pretty much the same as ISKD nails, I can't see why they're not using them instead (Dr Donghoon has been using them since last year).
Paco1, since you're in contact with the people at New Born, could you please ask them about the Precice? When are they going to start using it and how much it will cost? Thanks.
Agreed. If their ISKD price also applied to Precise, I'd be over there in a heart beat. The newer ISKD models have fixed the runaway nail issues from what I've heard.
I thought that one ISKD nail was $8000 compared to $15,000 for one Precise nail.
You're right. It absolutely sucks that, with ISKD, one must decide on on a lengthening amount beforehand.
Well, then i will email them.
Quote from: Tall on June 20, 2014, 03:33:50 PMAgreed. If their ISKD price also applied to Precise, I'd be over there in a heart beat. The newer ISKD models have fixed the runaway nail issues from what I've heard.
I thought that 1 ISKD was $8000 compared to $15,000 for one Precise nail.
You're right. It absolutely sucks that, with ISKD, one must decide on on a lengthening amount beforehand.
I read that ISKD is around $8000 in Dr.Elbatrawy's website. Another LL doctor in Turkey also states that it is around $8000 http://www.ilizarov.com/en/motorized-im-nail/
Prospective LL'ers should stick with the PRECICE nail instead of the ISKD. There is a very good reason why majority of the LL doctors are now replacing the ISKD with PRECICE.
Quote from: TheRisingShorty on June 20, 2014, 04:39:23 PMISKD is around $8000 in Dr.Elbatrawy's website
That information is completely out of date.
In 2009, a friend of mine in Brazil had to use an ISKD nail because of an accident. The hospital report sent to her insurance company said that the nail alone cost 30k BRL, which is aproximately 13.5k USD at today's exchange rate.
I don't know if the price has gone up or down since that time, but most likely, it has gone up.
Quote from: Dingo on June 20, 2014, 06:06:00 PMThat information is completely out of date.
In 2009, a friend of mine in Brazil had to use an ISKD nail because of an accident. The hospital report sent to her insurance company said that the nail alone cost 30k BRL, which is aproximately 13.5k USD at today's exchange rate.
I don't know if the price has gone up or down since that time, but most likely, it has gone up.
The best thing is to get in touch with Orthofix if one is interested in ISKD. But regardless of the price, PRECICE is a superior nail when compared to ISKD.
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