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Limb Lengthening Surgery => Height & Proportions => Topic started by: Polski on July 12, 2019, 11:45:43 PM

Title: Femur or Tibia Lengthening
Post by: Polski on July 12, 2019, 11:45:43 PM

Hello Guys, ;D

I´m planning to do a leg lengthening at January next year. But im not sure right now if i should lengthen my femur or tibia.

Femur length in (cm) : 41
Tibia length in (cm) : 37

I want to go for like 5 cm.  I often read here that femur and tibia not should have the equal length or tibia dont should be longer than the femur. Could you make some suggestions for which one i should go? :-\

Title: Re: Femur or Tibia Lengthening
Post by: Ghostfish on July 13, 2019, 06:39:52 AM

Hi Polski

I think you should think about the money, time, and safety prior to the ratio or which part of legs. 

Femurs need to be done by internal nails while tibias can be done by external device or internal nails.  Internal method is always way more expensive than external device.  This price difference seems to be the biggest concerning factor for most of ppl.  If money and time is not your concern, I recommend you to go for femurs, because you can recover faster and will have much less complications or future problem, as compared to tibias. 

If you need to care about money, you don't really have much choice.  In this case, you will likely need to do external tibias.
Good luck!

Title: Re: Femur or Tibia Lengthening
Post by: Polski on July 13, 2019, 11:08:23 PM

Thanks for your answer Ghostfish. ;D I think money dont should be priority number one while planning a LL. But i only want to go for one surgery. I´m just asking because I don´t want to ruin the femur/tibia ratio. So is it better to lengthen my tibia and getting an equal length of femur and tibia or i should go for femur .
Does sb. know how much longer in (cm) femur is compared to the tibia?

Title: Re: Femur or Tibia Lengthening
Post by: dunghuynh2227 on July 17, 2019, 08:59:53 AM

i think the good ratio between them is 5:5 . you can see usain bolt have longer tibia than femur . it still ok

Title: Re: Femur or Tibia Lengthening
Post by: montahn on July 17, 2019, 05:21:54 PM

what is your real height ?

in internal you can go upto 8 cm but external you can go max 7cm if possible 7.5 cm. internal is 3 times more expensive than external so think over it then decide. cause thr is no price for per cm. its a package price if your body permit and if doctor give you green signal then you can go more cm.

thanks

Title: Re: Femur or Tibia Lengthening
Post by: Polski on July 17, 2019, 05:59:01 PM

My actual height is 174cm. Im planning to do 5-6cm. I asked for your opinions what do you think will look better? Femur/Tibia equal Length OR Femur 10cm more than tibia?

Title: Re: Femur or Tibia Lengthening
Post by: montahn on July 17, 2019, 06:06:52 PM

tibia. cause its look you tall. 5 cm is good for you. go for it. if you want go more.

Title: Re: Femur or Tibia Lengthening
Post by: Polski on July 17, 2019, 06:10:03 PM

Thanks for your answer montahn. What do you think about biomechanics while having equal Femur Tibia ? Do you think i would get problems?

Title: Re: Femur or Tibia Lengthening
Post by: montahn on July 17, 2019, 06:38:20 PM

i have near equal Femur Tibia(may be 1 inch different) . its not problem. also tibia recover quickly. but plz ask your doctor before LL.

Title: Re: Femur or Tibia Lengthening
Post by: Polski on July 17, 2019, 06:55:26 PM

Your femur or tibia which one is 1inch taller? For sure im asking doctor but i want to collect some opinions from here.  ;D

Title: Re: Femur or Tibia Lengthening
Post by: montahn on July 17, 2019, 08:16:39 PM

femur near 1 inch not noticeable. you can go for tibia