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How much more painful is Internal tibias compared to LON tibias?
« on: April 14, 2021, 12:43:32 PM »
As title.
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Re: How much more painful is Internal tibias compared to LON tibias?
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2021, 12:47:11 PM »
LON (lengthening over nail, rod inside + externals) is still internal, did you meant pure externals?
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Re: How much more painful is Internal tibias compared to LON tibias?
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2021, 01:37:08 PM »
I would consider LON tibias hybird. U still have to go 3 months or more on fixators on LON.
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Re: How much more painful is Internal tibias compared to LON tibias?
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2021, 03:29:41 PM »
On a scale of 1 to 10, probably a negative 6.
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Re: How much more painful is Internal tibias compared to LON tibias?
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2021, 03:33:09 PM »
Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on April 14, 2021, 03:29:41 PM
On a scale of 1 to 10, probably a negative 6.

Haha, based answer

@Jason
And yea LON hurts more than internal tibias, so a negative answer is the only correct answer. LON is internal tibias + annoying wires through your skin  ;D
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Re: How much more painful is Internal tibias compared to LON tibias?
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2021, 03:43:19 PM »
Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on April 14, 2021, 03:29:41 PM
On a scale of 1 to 10, probably a negative 6.
So by that you mean pure internal tibias is more than 50% less painful than LON tibias?
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Re: How much more painful is Internal tibias compared to LON tibias?
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2021, 02:14:51 AM »
That sounds about right.  The frames cause a lot of pain.
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