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Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Discussions => Topic started by: overandover on January 04, 2021, 11:18:43 AM

Title: How much to lengthen each segment to get 11.5cm?
Post by: overandover on January 04, 2021, 11:18:43 AM

I want 11-12 cm of lengthening in total with 1 year gap. I am planning to do femur first and then exterrnal tibia as I don't want to risk joint pain. I am thinking about 8 cm in femur first and then 3-3.5 cm in tibia external? What do you guys think?

Title: Re: How much to lengthen each segment to get 11.5cm?
Post by: Astronomy on January 04, 2021, 11:41:02 AM

First u can do 6.5cm femur and 5.5cm tibia cuz 8cm femur is too much.
Then its nearly impossible lengthening two segments within 1 year cuz your body wont permit it.

Title: Re: How much to lengthen each segment to get 11.5cm?
Post by: Kal el on January 04, 2021, 11:56:53 AM

Who told u tht its impossible to lengthen 2 segments in 1 year..bro ppl have done it here..though with such small amount of time u need to be conservative with ur lengthening goal so no crazy goals....and has to be very regular with PT and medications.

Title: Re: How much to lengthen each segment to get 11.5cm?
Post by: Gman23 on January 06, 2021, 02:28:03 AM

Do 8cm on femurs first and if it goes well, wait for a year and next year go for the tibia. 2inches in safe limit so 5cm if I’m right. Can gain a total of 5inches to be safe...

Title: Re: How much to lengthen each segment to get 11.5cm?
Post by: smalltaller on January 20, 2021, 12:07:21 AM

Is it safe to do 6 cm femur and 3 cm tibia?

Title: Re: How much to lengthen each segment to get 11.5cm?
Post by: Kal el on January 20, 2021, 12:11:43 AM

Yes it is but 3 cm tibia is not worth tht much.....coz this ain't some game bro....u will be breaking ur bones for that..and u shld at least go for 4 or 5cms.

Title: Re: How much to lengthen each segment to get 11.5cm?
Post by: smalltaller on January 20, 2021, 12:20:37 AM

Yeah, I think you are right! I was thinking about between 3-4 cm on tibia.

Title: Re: How much to lengthen each segment to get 11.5cm?
Post by: Michael J. Assayag, MD on January 20, 2021, 12:31:23 AM

my advice is 6.5 in femur,

5 in tibias

good luck! dedicate yourself to the process

Title: Re: How much to lengthen each segment to get 11.5cm?
Post by: smalltaller on January 20, 2021, 10:57:19 AM

Apparently Dr. Koehne from Munich does max 6 cm on femur... and he is the doctor I want to go to.
I also don‘t want to exaggerate it. 6 cm ok femur and 4 cm on tibia seems realistic to me. I‘m 171 cm tall.

Title: Re: How much to lengthen each segment to get 11.5cm?
Post by: ghkid2019 on January 20, 2021, 03:15:21 PM

Generally want to stay below 5-6cm tibia, so you can use that as a benchmark and mix and match combinations differently and try it out

Title: Re: How much to lengthen each segment to get 11.5cm?
Post by: overandover on January 21, 2021, 05:10:43 PM

I know 3 cm of tibia is not worth it but I don't want to wear external fixtures for 6 months.

Title: Re: How much to lengthen each segment to get 11.5cm?
Post by: ghkid2019 on January 21, 2021, 05:51:49 PM

Quote from: indian on January 21, 2021, 05:10:43 PM

I know 3 cm of tibia is not worth it but I don't want to wear external fixtures for 6 months.

If you understand that it's not worth it and you will assume you'll be disappointed or set your expectations low then I don't see a problem doing just 3cm go right ahead since you understand that's what u want there's not a problem