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Limb Lengthening Surgery => Height & Proportions => Topic started by: redh0t on December 20, 2014, 02:20:22 AM

Title: 5cm on Femur or Tibia?
Post by: redh0t on December 20, 2014, 02:20:22 AM

I'm 165 cm (5'5"), and I plan on lengthening 5cm in a few months using PRECICE. My tibia:femur ratio is 81% (35cm:43cm).

For proportions, would lengthening tibias or femurs be better?

Thanks.

Title: Re: 5cm on Femur or Tibia?
Post by: Uppland on December 20, 2014, 02:21:30 AM

Perhaps tibia proportions wise but I'm not sure if it would make a huge difference either way.

Title: Re: 5cm on Femur or Tibia?
Post by: redh0t on December 20, 2014, 03:05:54 AM

More precisely, my tibia:femur ratio is 35.2:43cm. I felt that doing tibias would be slightly better proportions-wise as well, but the LL-doctor said that doing femurs is less risky and takes less time.

Any more thoughts?