Which Doctor is Best for 35-40k $ Budget, Internal Nail only , 8 cm ?

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Hi Guys, I am a Petite Figure, 152.5 cm Girl, I am 20
I actually have a budget of 35k to 40k for this Surgery and I am willing to Only do it once in a lifetime, but my concerns are :
• Getting an increase on no less than 8 CM  (femur maybe since it can go longer)
• trying to avoid affecting my knees or ankles because I have to walk to college so someone told me that Nails in tibias affect The Knees and worsen the pain , BUT Also I am very worried that going for my Femur would affect my back and cause me backpain or decrease my walking abilities ?
• Worried about what my stop me from achieveing 8 cm upper because some doctors say that 5 or 6 is what we usually do ....but i cant do this surgery for only 6 cm .

So What do you guys think My Best Nail option and best doctor is ?
Also can you tell me your experiences regarding post op pain affecting knees , back, walking abilities ? And does that Depend on wether i choose Tibia or Femur ?

Doctors i was considering : Dr Sarjbit from Singapore- But dont know if he does Precice ?
+ Dr Alex Monegal from spain but heard mixed reviews about him and dont know his Price and dont know if he use Precice ?

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Did you do Tibia or femur and which nail did you choose ?

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Okay so First of all what type of Small Nails are you talking about ? You mean Precice or fitbone or what exactly ?
Second do you feel like Tibias are not a good choice because they have more side effects ?

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Ohh okay thank you for the Useful answer ,  But do you think that doing LON or LATN on a bone like the Tibia is safe ? Arr these nails even thicker than precice or what exactly do you think ?
Because Precice on tibia will give me a max of 6 cm, if i even reached it, but a doctor that does LON & LATN told me that 8 CM can be achieved on tibia easily ?
Is that false or what

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Honestly doing LON for me is like torture because i have a High pain sensitivity.
I was just asking how come people recommend LON in tibias instead of Precice , the LON nail is Huge ! Its thick too....but do you think they say that because LON causes less side effects like knee pain or so ?

I feel like my only option for now will be Precice in the femurs, and i am starting to consider Dr. Franz from South Africa, people say he has better experience ?!

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What about LATN, what do you think about it ?
I dont really get the concept,
But he puts the external rods that do the lengthening then in another surgery he removes them then inserts the middle nail .
Some people say this middle nail is 8mm , i am not really sure.
& if i do sometiing such as LATN do you think femurs would be better , pain wise or even more ?

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Thank you Temaki for your reply .
So do you think going through LON Tibia is better , and what about complications??
I believe everyone say LON is weight bearing so when exactly after the lengthening and removing the external part can i walk normal again

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Thank u for the reply , I think my budget only allows me to Precice 2 not stryde for Femurs.
I am avoiding the Tibias as my knee already gets painful every now and then.
But why do people discourage the idea of having LON on Femur ? Isnt the femur a stronger bone than tibia ? Or is it because of the pain of inserting nails inside the skin ?

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Hi Sara , I am stuck with the same decision as you , i was thinking of going with precice 2 on femur but nothing really guarantee reaching the 8cm, maybe i pay all that money and i dont reach them for some reason !
So i thought about the TSF method , is that the one you’re talking about too ?
But still it inserts nails into your skin and muscles which leave scars and how am i even gonna be with this large frame for 6 months !

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Quote from: U only live once on November 17, 2018, 09:13:02 PMHi Kenda,

8 cm is a bit ambition for a hight like yours. I would go for a maximum of 6 cm. I have used Fitbone with no complications (5 Cm) but I think Fitbone has a limit of 8 cm. You have a decent budget and you can afford a few good doctors, personally, I would avoid India but that’s me.

Before making your decision I recommend talk to the doctors and talk to some of the patients ask for proofs and only after them make a choice.

I hope you can achieve your dreams.

Thank you alot
Yeah i have an option of doing this TSF frame thing on tibia, but my bones are not that huge and it i am worried the scars are terrible and the pain is bad but i dont know really ?!