Limb Lengthening Forum
Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Discussions => Topic started by: DanishViking on June 09, 2023, 04:01:25 PM
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I am basically wondering wether doing 7-8 cm on femurs is going to feel off after LL, because of a wierd walking gait maybe? What about for someone whos 5'6 / 167 cm in the morning like me? Did you guys who have achieved this amount feel the need to do tibia as well for the only reason that femurs felt to long afterwards?
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I think doing quad 6 cm on femur + 4cm on tibia is the best option in terms of time, proportions and recovery. Even though you are lengthening 2 segments you are not really pushing it to the limit for each segment what is going to help with better and quicker recovery, your t:f femur is not going to be affected as much as doing 8cm in one segment. The only downside is the money (you have to pay for 2 Segments and lower added height than if you wait one year between the 2 segments (1inch difference).
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I only have the money for one segment which obviously is going to be femurs. But dont wanna get it done if most people feel uncormfortable afterwards.
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Height Journey did like 7cm femur and 4cm tibia, and he seem to be doing fine/satisified with the procedure, but the guy went to one of the best Surgeons in the US and seem to be doing PT religiously.
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I am basically wondering wether doing 7-8 cm on femurs is going to feel off after LL, because of a wierd walking gait maybe? What about for someone whos 5'6 / 167 cm in the morning like me? Did you guys who have achieved this amount feel the need to do tibia as well for the only reason that femurs felt to long afterwards?
In general, I think we vastly underestimate just how wide the range for "normal" in human body proportions is. Some people naturally have long legs, some have really short legs, and yet we don't bat an eye when we encounter them. Unless you are already on the edge of "normal" proportions, 8cm in the tibia or femur is unlikely to dramatically change anything.
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There's not much variance to the 0.8 ratio, unfortunately. :(
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I think doing quad 6 cm on femur + 4cm on tibia is the best option in terms of time, proportions and recovery. Even though you are lengthening 2 segments you are not really pushing it to the limit for each segment what is going to help with better and quicker recovery, your t:f femur is not going to be affected as much as doing 8cm in one segment. The only downside is the money (you have to pay for 2 Segments and lower added height than if you wait one year between the 2 segments (1inch difference).
This is very close to what I am aiming at myself. I want to go from 183 cm to 193 cm with quadrilateral lengthening. I too believe that lengthening 2 segments will yield in better results and a quicker recovery if it means that you don't have to push it to the limit when lengthening.
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I'm only at 4.5cm right now but I've seen a few patients at PT who did 7+ and a few weeks into consolidation they're doing fine and look great, hell some of them I can't see any issues with their walking etc even after a few weeks.
It's true enough that short-term complications like duckass are more prevalent in those who lengthen more but this seems to be a minor issue that goes away pretty fast once they start walking around unassisted.
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After lengthening 7cm femurs, it wasn't bad at all. Walking gait is pretty normal and actually makes walking easier because each step with longer femurs I get more distance.
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I would personally do 8cm if I was in your shoes if you don't plan on doing another surgery just do 1 and done and get the max out of it, I'll think you'll get more out of it
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If you're 183 starting, I would highly advise not doing this. Even with quadrilateral.
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If you're 183 starting, I would highly advise not doing this. Even with quadrilateral.
I assume you are talking to me. Please use the quote-function in the future.
Apparently I really have to defend my choice for becoming taller. Why would you "highly advise not doing this"? You would probably say that I already am at a good height and so on.
My reasons for LL is that I want to be taller, simply put. I have a quite long torso compared to my legs. I also know that I would highly advantage from LL. Going from 183 cm to 193 cm makes a huge difference. I would also look much better and proportional with a little bit longer legs. For me, 193 cm is a good height. It's tall, but it's not too tall. It is a very ideal height that I would and will look good in.
Another good thing doing this procedure with a higher starting height is that the recovery process will be much easier, since the percentage of the bones being lengthened is kept well under the safe-limit (20 %).
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I assume you are talking to me. Please use the quote-function in the future.
Apparently I really have to defend my choice for becoming taller. Why would you "highly advise not doing this"? You would probably say that I already am at a good height and so on.
My reasons for LL is that I want to be taller, simply put. I have a quite long torso compared to my legs. I also know that I would highly advantage from LL. Going from 183 cm to 193 cm makes a huge difference. I would also look much better and proportional with a little bit longer legs. For me, 193 cm is a good height. It's tall, but it's not too tall. It is a very ideal height that I would and will look good in.
Another good thing doing this procedure with a higher starting height is that the recovery process will be much easier, since the percentage of the bones being lengthened is kept well under the safe-limit (20 %).
Cool. Than go ahead and do it :)
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8cm is fine for daily life and you won't notice a difference there. However, I think I'd have recovered better athletically if I did 6cm. I can still play all the sports I enjoy though, so it's not a big deal for me.