Reading this forum made me realize that it is actually better to lengthen 5cm on the femurs or at least 5.5cm. On the other hand there is a chance that people might not be satisfied.
If anyone could please help me and answer me this question. Are there people who lengthened on Dr. Guichet and have any complications with how much they lengthened?
5 cm may seem insignificant just by looking at the number, but a 2 inch height gain makes a whole world of difference in actuality, especially if you're shorter to begin with.
Quote from: Kilokahn on March 18, 2014, 07:52:05 PM5 cm may seem insignificant just by looking at the number, but a 2 inch height gain makes a whole world of difference in actuality, especially if you're shorter to begin with.
I agree with you, but most people would say that doing such a surgery for 5 cm is not worth it
At first I was planning on doing 7 but I don't think the potential complications are worth it. I plan on doing 5-5.5. Also I think 7 would make my tibs way too long. Guys with tibs about 7 cms longer than mine are about 6' tall and I am about 5'6" right now. I think that 5 cms makes a huge difference for most people.
Quote from: sadboy on March 18, 2014, 09:07:27 PMI agree with you, but most people would say that doing such a surgery for 5 cm is not worth it
Hey sadboy,
Just read your message. My surgery was screw up but I can walk/run. You can check my video from my diary.
My orthopaedic said the work that was done to my legs were actually an insult. The plates were all bent to begin with. My knee axis are way off causing x-leg or knock knee as they call it here. I was luckly to have no pain and to be able to walk/run again. But having x-leg kind of make it arkward to run with. I would need to wait another year for Canada to operate on me again. They will fix my x-legs and bent plate. My ortho will break one leg at a time and align it back straight again.
My dream for +6 femur in early 2015 has to be postpone now. I wonder what I will do with all the money I save up.
to me 5 cm is not worth it, if I am going to spend close to 100K USD i better get ATLEAST 3cm or i will just wear lifts my whole life!
Quote from: Kilokahn on March 17, 2014, 11:31:00 PMThere are studies showing that inserting a rod into the tibia has lead to persistent knee pain even after rod removal. Depending on the study you will see a different percentage, but there was one showing as high as 70% had that issue.
how about the femur? I'm considering doing internal road in femur.. don't decided the doctor yet.. but yeah I do think of the internal sometime, and maybe I'll add 3-4cm more to my femur.. .. but I don't want to damage my knee,! ..
seeing ppl who did LON/LATN I think they're doing fine like smallguy and others however, Sweden in the other hand has a lot of problems ..
I think if you don't do too much like 8 or 9 cm you should be ok.
Just to be safe, doesn't matter which method, lengthen 5 to 6 cm max.
nah, waste of money to only lengthen 5 cm, the increase will be so little that you could have not done the surgery at all.
7-7.5 or Don't do it at all.
Quote from: Slim_tim on March 19, 2014, 04:14:37 PMnah, waste of money to only lengthen 5 cm, the increase will be so little that you could have not done the surgery at all.
7-7.5 or Don't do it at all.
So doing 5 cm is almost nothing, but 45-50% more than nothing is huge.
Makes sense.
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