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Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Discussions => Topic started by: jojo on April 12, 2017, 05:21:59 PM

Title: How many post LL'ers had problems with 5 cm in this forum.
Post by: jojo on April 12, 2017, 05:21:59 PM

and how many did good ?

anyone knows?

Title: Re: How many post LL'ers had problems with 5 cm in this forum.
Post by: onemorefoot on April 12, 2017, 05:36:11 PM

Dont get me wrong, but you should do your own researching.

Title: Re: How many post LL'ers had problems with 5 cm in this forum.
Post by: Iamready on April 12, 2017, 05:45:06 PM

I think for tibias, 5cm is a good number.  My femurs recovered very quickly but I still have some ankle stiffness in the mornings or when getting up from sitting a few hours.  Of course, it also depends on the person, but if I could go back in time and do it over, I would have stopped at 4cm on my tibias.

Title: Re: How many post LL'ers had problems with 5 cm in this forum.
Post by: 682 on April 12, 2017, 06:19:54 PM

Quote from: Iamready on April 12, 2017, 05:45:06 PM

I think for tibias, 5cm is a good number.  My femurs recovered very quickly but I still have some ankle stiffness in the mornings or when getting up from sitting a few hours.  Of course, it also depends on the person, but if I could go back in time and do it over, I would have stopped at 4cm on my tibias.

5CM of tibial lengthening really does seem to be the absolute upper limit for it to be relatively complication free. 4CM even better.