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Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Discussions => Topic started by: ItsMyLife on January 09, 2015, 06:04:46 AM

Title: post your recovery x-rays!
Post by: ItsMyLife on January 09, 2015, 06:04:46 AM

heres my x-rays; im 1 month post -op and 2 cm lengthened in tibia.. the x-rays were inverted, so i re-inverted it back, so that bone becomes WHITE.

wonder how is my callus formation? it looks pretty good to me?

(http://i62.tinypic.com/orqk2s.jpg)
(http://i60.tinypic.com/2hyhpxv.png)

anyway pls post urs too:
a) how many months post-op?
b) how many cm done?

Title: Re: post your recovery x-rays!
Post by: MRbones on January 09, 2015, 08:42:48 AM

these are my x-rays at the 1 month mark.

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=1530.msg24549#msg24549

Title: Re: post your recovery x-rays!
Post by: ForcedPuberty on January 11, 2015, 07:04:05 AM

I cant really see any callus. can you post x rays that are clear?
thank you.

Title: Re: post your recovery x-rays!
Post by: ItsMyLife on January 11, 2015, 10:00:51 AM

this x-ray was not from a film

it was a "free x-ray"

i see dense callus (u dont see a clear bone gap of 2 cm)

Title: Re: post your recovery x-rays!
Post by: ForcedPuberty on January 11, 2015, 12:00:33 PM

I suggest you pay for a film.

this free version doesn't show me anything.
I don't see dense callus.

I think this xray tells us nothing?

can other vets confirm this.

sometimes free is not better.

Title: Re: post your recovery x-rays!
Post by: ForcedPuberty on January 11, 2015, 12:02:57 PM

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(u dont see a clear bone gap of 2 cm)

um that is not how callus forms at the 1 month mark....... when you get a real xray you will understand what it is meant to look like.

Title: Re: post your recovery x-rays!
Post by: ItsMyLife on January 11, 2015, 01:44:56 PM

Quote from: ForcedPuberty on January 11, 2015, 12:00:33 PM

I suggest you pay for a film.

this free version doesn't show me anything.
I don't see dense callus.

I think this xray tells us nothing?

can other vets confirm this.

sometimes free is not better.

well me and the doctor saw the bone gap.. im a medical student, hes a orthopedic surgeon...

2cm is pretty large

bone is white in this inverted pic (we took an inverted x-ray so i reinverted it)

you don't see much of a gap, because callus (white) is forming, but you can see it is not dense as it is just one month!

this will be pretty clear (the inverted x-ray, which i did not re-invert: bone is in BLACK)

(http://i60.tinypic.com/35mjplk.png)

Title: Re: post your recovery x-rays!
Post by: ForcedPuberty on January 11, 2015, 02:06:41 PM

there is no where near as much callus as you are making out.

and you will only realize this with a real x-ray.

you seem to think the whole gap is a soft formed callus for the most part. sorry I don't see that.

take a real xray and prove me wrong. when is your next x ray?

Title: Re: post your recovery x-rays!
Post by: ItsMyLife on January 12, 2015, 08:06:37 AM

did proper x-rays but didnt buy the x-ray film on CD!
will be doing anotehr set of XR in 2 weeks time.
anyway the result is that my ortho says bone healing is good, callus is formed. fibula has little callus but no worries.
recommends me to turn at 0.75 or 0.5... same suggestion as bagirov..
if any slower, consolidation will occur.
looks pretty similar to this set of XR which i posted.. i was NOT hallucinating callus.
i will get the next XR in CD-ROM and upload the image.

Title: Re: post your recovery x-rays!
Post by: ItsMyLife on January 26, 2015, 07:29:41 AM

left AP
(http://i61.tinypic.com/2u3wcd4.jpg)

Right AP
(http://i57.tinypic.com/x7wpd.jpg)

Right Lateral
(http://i61.tinypic.com/20g0as3.jpg)

Left Lateral
(http://i59.tinypic.com/2qjd2bt.jpg)

hows the healing?
 ie, callus

also , fibula is slightly off-line?

my home surgeon thinks its great so far but I don't know what he means .. says fibula isn that bad also,,

surgery date 8 dec, distraction amount on XR (to scale) is 3.2 cm thereabouts