Limb Lengthening Forum
Limb Lengthening Surgery => Limb Lengthening Patients Experiences => Topic started by: Mark.Lee on September 16, 2019, 10:00:37 AM
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Hi everyone,
My English is not good but I'll share my LON journey with you all!
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Hiii, tell us about the hospital, the staff and most importantly the Dr himself and his after care?
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I'm very interested in this. Did you met any Lee patient who did femurs?
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Hey! I was actually watching a lot of his videos of his patients walking after CLL. What do you think? Idk but I feel like his patients are a bit dangly or bouncey when they walk. It's a bit concerning to me but I would like to know your opinion.
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Hey! I was actually watching a lot of his videos of his patients walking after CLL. What do you think? Idk but I feel like his patients are a bit dangly or bouncey when they walk. It's a bit concerning to me but I would like to know your opinion.
Could you put here the links of walking videos you are talking about
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https://www.youtube.com/user/drdonghoon11
The one-segment PO walking seems pretty good. The quadrilateral ones though seem a bit "hoppy" I guess, meaning they tend to move too much vertically when walking. I think a lot of them have some tightness in the calves, which is almost like a stiffer spring, which causes the vertical recoil when they lift their feet off the ground. I'm trying to do quad, but I think the safest way to go is a very conservative amount on the tibias and more on the femurs (3cm T + 5.5/6cm F). I feel like tibias in general affect walking more than femurs. I also question whether Dr. Donghoon has patients wear a splint to prevent equinus.
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Sorry for some reason I can't share the video link. Just go on youtube and search up "Dr. Donghoon leg lengthening" and you should be able to see all his videos. His profile logo is a lizard.
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https://youtu.be/tTvETr5JvZs
I find this but it’s bilateral
After around 1:30 you see patient running jumping
Going up and down stairs
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https://youtu.be/SkaVx130AMM
One patient femur and tibia progress comparison
7 months post op and 9 months post op look still hip joints and ankles are stiff
Still it’s quite fast recovery for quadrilateral and the last shoot 18 months post op look quite a normal gait
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https://youtu.be/SkaVx130AMM
One patient femur and tibia progress comparison
7 months post op and 9 months post op look still hip joints and ankles are stiff
Im actually soo scared this happens! that after 1 year my hip and knee joints are stiff like this :/
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It usually take longer to recover from the stiff ankles or any joints with external like LON or non weight bearing nails
I hope to see Stryde tibia cases soon
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That is actually a good point since these are from years before the stryde nail.