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Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Discussions => Topic started by: FutureLengthener on March 24, 2015, 11:16:16 AM

Title: Does the added bone length ossify as the same width as the rest?
Post by: FutureLengthener on March 24, 2015, 11:16:16 AM

I was reading shyshy's diary and in the later x-rays he posts of his femurs on the 1st page, it appears that the new bone is consolidating as a mass that bulges out wider than the rest of the bone...if that bad? Avoidable? or is that just scar tissue or stretched muscles or something?

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=649.0

Title: Re: Does the added bone length ossify as the same width as the rest?
Post by: Medium Drink Of Water on March 24, 2015, 11:19:20 AM

It didn't happen to me; my new bone is the same thickness as the rest of the leg.  It might be a femur thing.

Title: Re: Does the added bone length ossify as the same width as the rest?
Post by: Alittletooshort on March 24, 2015, 11:26:18 AM

It's probably due to an effect called supercompensation. The body adapts to the damage by regenerating more than initial amount. Building muscle after working out is based on this phaenomenon, the body regenerates the muscle tissue and adds more to it in order to prepare for new stress (caused by another workout).
Or like the extra scar tissue that stands out of the skin, built after a deep cut for example.

Title: Re: Does the added bone length ossify as the same width as the rest?
Post by: heightangel on March 25, 2015, 04:32:08 PM

There are some X-rays where this can be blatantly appreciated and its horrible. Apparently, it's a side effect of LL.

Title: Re: Does the added bone length ossify as the same width as the rest?
Post by: KiloKAHN on March 25, 2015, 04:37:48 PM

If anything, a bulbous shape of regenerate is good. What you don't want is regenerate shaped like an hourglass where it's thinner in the middle.