Limb Lengthening Forum
Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Discussions => Topic started by: theshortman11 on September 08, 2023, 03:10:42 PM
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What are the chances that the device malfunctions and extends more than it should or doesn't stop extending? Is there a programmed limit inside the device to prevent this or the user from extending past a certain limit in a time frame?
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That sort of a limit is configurable. Like a daily limit. The problem is what if the device thinks it is not extending but it actually is. A friend did encounter this and solved it by timing the lengthening sessions and going with that time rather than what the device says. But it is rare
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The Precice nail only goes up to 8cm (well technically 8.3cm if you unlock the ERC machine).
I didn't know how much I had lengthened so I just kept lengthening. Eventually, once you hit the end of the nail, it will make weird popping noises. At that point, you know that you can stop lol.
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prior to nail insertion into the canal they test nail in the operating theater to make sure there are no issues with lengthening to the full 8 and it stoping
after that as others have mentioned there are daily limits and session limits placed on the erc
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https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2017/8032510/
https://ibb.co/PCQycHX
https://ibb.co/cD7mV4G
According to Lee-Dong Hoon's paper, the maximum error for lengthening of about 5 cm with PRECICE2 was 3 mm.
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Your doc should test the device before the surgery. Afterwards, you can validate those claims with rentgen pics. Alas if something is wrong, another surgery is required.