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Whereintheworld?

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Actual gain vs amount turned/clicked
« on: August 20, 2016, 08:27:02 PM »
For those who have gone through the procedure, how much did you actually gain in height as opposed to the amount you turned/clicked your device? Also, please state which method you used (external/internal). Thanks
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Re: Actual gain vs amount turned/clicked
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2016, 08:39:11 PM »
Gained 6-6.3cm and turned over 10cm if I recall correctly. External LON on tibiae.
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Re: Actual gain vs amount turned/clicked
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2016, 08:46:31 PM »
Method:                      Tibia Externals using TSF
Amount turned/Clicked:  7 cm
Bone gap:                    6 cm
Actual bone lengthened: 5.3 cm
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Pre-Op Height: 160.5 cms
Surgery performed by Dr. Manish Dhawan at Sir Gangaram Hospital on 4th April 2016
Lengthening stopped on 14th Sept 2016
Current height: 165 cms (5 cm)
Frames removed on March 19th 2017 | Diary: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=3499.0

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Re: Actual gain vs amount turned/clicked
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2016, 06:08:08 AM »
But I don't understand....why is there a difference?
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Re: Actual gain vs amount turned/clicked
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2016, 06:44:29 AM »
When the corticotomy (break the tibia bone during LL surgery) was performed, it wasn't a clean cut. Instead, my doctor had pulverized the bone within a thickness of 7 mm. He said this approach promotes in faster bone growth. So I had 7 mm bone gap to begin with. This is the reason why the bone gap is more than the total length increase achieved.
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Pre-Op Height: 160.5 cms
Surgery performed by Dr. Manish Dhawan at Sir Gangaram Hospital on 4th April 2016
Lengthening stopped on 14th Sept 2016
Current height: 165 cms (5 cm)
Frames removed on March 19th 2017 | Diary: http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=3499.0

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Re: Actual gain vs amount turned/clicked
« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2016, 07:07:26 PM »
Today I talked to my doctor and he said that the first cm turned is actually only tightening the ilizrov frame and after that you are realistically lengthening by 1 mm or 0.75 mm a day.
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