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[Beemer m3]

hey there after my first day lengthening with lon ilizarov , i heard a pop on my left leg after moving around. i notice a bump at the breakage site. doesnt hurt when touch but i can't move my leg up like before.
https://imgur.com/a/4C3AyHH

https://imgur.com/a/vZ7EX6G

any idea what happen to my leg?

[Maison]

Please tell us what part of the leg you are unable to move.
Are you saying that you cannot dorsiflex your ankle joint?
If so, you have peroneal nerve palsy.

[Beemer m3]

i just have a slight bump on the breakage site. i just want to know what happen. i cant move around much because of the bump in the picture. its not my ankles.

[Beemer m3]

i looked it up and it can be a herniated muscle bump. so im not sure just yet.

[more]

It was on osteotomy site nothing to worry. Your doctor didn't break your bone properly at the time of osteotomy. But still you need xray to know now in which way bone get fracture. If it is till screw site , you are in trouble

[Maison]

Please tell us what part of the leg you are unable to move.
Are you saying that you cannot dorsiflex your ankle joint?
If so, you have peroneal nerve palsy.

'i can't move my leg up like before' does not seem to mean that your leg is paralyzed, but that you are worried about swelling in your leg and don't want to move it.
It could be a herniated muscle bump as you say, in which case no worries.
By the way, you need a doctor's opinion after all, but can't you get one on the weekend?

[Charizard]

Which doctor did it?

[Beemer m3]

im going to get an xray in 10 days. the guys around me dont know what it is. i havent called my doctor yet

[Dash]

Who is your surgeon. Where did you do this surgery?

[Beemer m3]

my surgeon is Dr.Doan and i did it in Hanoi Vietnam. im not doing much these days. my fibula is in really bad pain after moving with the heel shoe too hard. my butt is also in bruises.

[Charizard]

my surgeon is Dr.Doan and i did it in Hanoi Vietnam. im not doing much these days. my fibula is in really bad pain after moving with the heel shoe too hard. my butt is also in bruises.

Bro i am not an expert but it does not look good. What Dr Doan saying?
Have you tried to ask a second opinion from another doctor?

[Beemer m3]

no i havent yet. i had 5 pt trainer take a look at it they didnt say much.

[Beemer m3]

after my surgery i was moving fine no problems at all. after lengthening im getting more pain and moving around. i should of stayed at the hospital longer because i only stayed for 5 days.

[shortisnotfun]

You might have procurvatum/recurvatum. You need side x rays.

[Maison]

You might have procurvatum/recurvatum. You need side x rays.

If the bump site is hard as a bone, then it could be procurvatum as you say.
I could not come up with that point. You are insightful.

[MaheshDalle]

fwiw, I had fibula pain early on after the surgery since they would touch each other due to lesser distraction but no swelling. It went away after about 1.5-2cm.

[breakmylegs]

after my surgery i was moving fine no problems at all. after lengthening im getting more pain and moving around. i should of stayed at the hospital longer because i only stayed for 5 days.

Keep us updated after your X ray Beemer, it's good to see how Dr. Doan deals with unexpected or usual complications.

[Beemer m3]

thanks for letting me know. i am super worried about it. my pt was telling me give it a week and it will heal. so once it heals ill have my confidence again and practice other stuff like walking with a walker.