Limb Lengthening Forum
Limb Lengthening Surgery => Height & Proportions => Topic started by: jerkey on May 21, 2017, 04:21:00 PM
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Hi members of LL forum,
First time poster here, I have a question regarding references for normal range of tibia:femur ratio. I read on the old forum that the normal range for tibia:femur ratio is between 44:56 to 48:52. I tried to find references for the 48:52 limit but couldn't, all I could find in literature pointed to an average length of tibia being 80% of the femur. I am wondering if anyone was able to find literature or any evidence on the 48:52 ratio quoted in the old forum somewhere, if you have, could you please let me know where I can find it?
Thanks,
First time poster.
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As you said, scientific literature says that tibia is the 80% of femur.
But even if you do tibias or femurs only this ratio changes a lot.
Only if you lengthen both segments and the tibias about 80% of the amount of femurs the ratio will be about the same but still the stretching of soft tissues will be more than one segment only so even that solution is not perfect.
But why do you ask?
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As you said, scientific literature says that tibia is the 80% of femur.
But even if you do tibias or femurs only this ratio changes a lot.
Only if you lengthen both segments and the tibias about 80% of the amount of femurs the ratio will be about the same but still the stretching of soft tissues will be more than one segment only so even that solution is not perfect.
Hey, long timer lurker here. I've been thinking about this particular matter for a while.
Could you elaborate on the stretching of soft tissue Body Builder?
If one was to lengthen, lets say femurs with 5 cm (2 inches) and tibias with 4 cm (1.57 inches), would the stretching both places be too much for the legs?
Edit: I just looked a bit more into it and discovered the risk of embolism.