Limb Lengthening Forum
Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Discussions => Topic started by: Beemer m3 on November 22, 2020, 02:23:44 AM
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Was wondering if there was a case where I can do 2 months of surgery and lengthen. Be done in 60 days? Be done and walk with crutches . Its ok. So I can go back work. Thats a gain of 5cm?
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Assuming all goes well, 60 days is 5 cm
With stryde you can walk without crutches after 2 months but your gait will be weird obviously
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I would say that’s tough. A summer would be good like maybe May to September(3-4 months). You should check out Cyborg4life on youtube. They physicians he interviews talk about time needed to return to normal and things like that.
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Assuming all goes well, 60 days is 5 cm
With stryde you can walk without crutches after 2 months but your gait will be weird obviously
2 months?
I thought you walk in less than a month with stryde as it full weight bearing and most doctors say in about 2 weeks after surgery.
2 months seems too much. Is that from your personal experience?
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Yes you could. Dr. Debiparshad actually said he had a patient who was a surgeon who went back to doing full surgery days 2 weeks after the initial procedure. That sounds crazy imo, but 2 months should be doable, but your gait might be off.
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If by walk you mean limp around sure. Double Hip replacement grandma speed
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I was thinking lon surgery. Stryde I would save that for later. Growth of 3 inches is alot.
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I was thinking lon surgery. Stryde I would save that for later. Growth of 3 inches is alot.
If you're doing LON Tibias 5cm then expect at least like 3+ months in frames. And then like 2 more months of being disabled. Then on month 6 or 7 you can probably use a walker or cane
LON Femurs is not recommended, you cannot sleep
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i love how everyone assumed he was doing stryde: oh yeah no worries youll be golden
LON no chance brother,
assuming you only have two months: thats 60 days. typically you dont start lengthening until a week after, 53 days
at a lengthening rate of 0.75mm/day youre looking at 3.975cm gained. you most likely will not have anything close to a decent gait in that time.
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Oh yeh maybe not then I guess. 6 months is alot to gain strength for a walker.
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It is possible. There are lots of papers on the subject. The consolidation index range is large and age, segment and health are all factors