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Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Discussions => Topic started by: just_me on February 05, 2015, 05:11:29 PM

Title: Do the Doctors use x-rays to measure that both legs are equal in length?
Post by: just_me on February 05, 2015, 05:11:29 PM

Before, during and after leg lengthening or leg deformity surgery how does the Doctors measure that the two legs are equal in length - Do they use x-rays to do that?

Title: Re: Do the Doctors use x-rays to measure that both legs are equal in length?
Post by: Medium Drink Of Water on February 05, 2015, 08:17:26 PM

Yes they do.  They'll take a full standing x-ray of you after you're done lengthening to make sure the legs are even, before they take off the frames.

How much you've turned is notoriously inaccurate.

Title: Re: Do the Doctors use x-rays to measure that both legs are equal in length?
Post by: Exodus on February 06, 2015, 05:13:55 AM

How precise is it ? do they just check the x rays with the nked eye ?

Title: Re: Do the Doctors use x-rays to measure that both legs are equal in length?
Post by: crimsontide on February 06, 2015, 05:38:40 AM

iidk about other countries, but in new york,  the x rays are integrated with sophisticated computer analysis software and automatically measure  lengths,etc

Title: Re: Do the Doctors use x-rays to measure that both legs are equal in length?
Post by: programdude on February 06, 2015, 08:29:15 AM

X ray which they pull up on computers and analyze. Eyeballing it would be pretty crude.

Title: Re: Do the Doctors use x-rays to measure that both legs are equal in length?
Post by: just_me on February 06, 2015, 01:55:06 PM

I have found a webpage where they have used computer (Traumacad) to analyze leg lengths, deformities and more. Click on the link below to go to the page - And when you come to the page click on the picture below the text "TraumaCad".

http://www.voyanthealth.com/products.jsp (http://www.voyanthealth.com/products.jsp)