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Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Discussions => Topic started by: Whereintheworld? on August 20, 2016, 08:27:02 PM

Title: Actual gain vs amount turned/clicked
Post by: Whereintheworld? on August 20, 2016, 08:27:02 PM

For those who have gone through the procedure, how much did you actually gain in height as opposed to the amount you turned/clicked your device? Also, please state which method you used (external/internal). Thanks

Title: Re: Actual gain vs amount turned/clicked
Post by: Polycrates. on August 20, 2016, 08:39:11 PM

Gained 6-6.3cm and turned over 10cm if I recall correctly. External LON on tibiae.

Title: Re: Actual gain vs amount turned/clicked
Post by: fujitora on August 20, 2016, 08:46:31 PM

Method:                      Tibia Externals using TSF
Amount turned/Clicked:  7 cm
Bone gap:                    6 cm
Actual bone lengthened: 5.3 cm

Title: Re: Actual gain vs amount turned/clicked
Post by: Mtall on August 21, 2016, 06:08:08 AM

But I don't understand....why is there a difference?

Title: Re: Actual gain vs amount turned/clicked
Post by: fujitora on August 21, 2016, 06:44:29 AM

When the corticotomy (break the tibia bone during LL surgery) was performed, it wasn't a clean cut. Instead, my doctor had pulverized the bone within a thickness of 7 mm. He said this approach promotes in faster bone growth. So I had 7 mm bone gap to begin with. This is the reason why the bone gap is more than the total length increase achieved.

Title: Re: Actual gain vs amount turned/clicked
Post by: doomsday on August 21, 2016, 07:07:26 PM

Today I talked to my doctor and he said that the first cm turned is actually only tightening the ilizrov frame and after that you are realistically lengthening by 1 mm or 0.75 mm a day.