Sure.
Im a 35 year old swedish doctor working in UK, not an orthopedic surgeon though, I specialize in cardiology.
I have been reading and researching this operation since my teens. Im 176ish cm tall and always wanted to be taller, wore lifts for a long time but stopped because it just looks awkward.
Still considering doing ~4 cm so I will be atleast 180.
But in reality I will probably not do it. Its not about the money or the pain, im even willing to accept the loss in athleticism.
What I cannot accept is the increase in joint pressure, as we get older pretty much everyone gets knee/back pain even without LL. No amount of height increase is worth having constant pain and weak joints imo
You are a doctor, "altough" a cardiologist. Have you talked with your orthophaedic colleagues about those articulations issues or have you read it in scientific literature? Can you reference some of those sources?
Because I never heard of, neither in the literature that I have already read nor in surgeons' lists of the long term complications as an usual outcome.
You say "as we get older pretty much everyone gets knee/back pain even without LL". Bur regarding back pain you know better than me that more than half of population 45 yo or less have back pain complaints more or less frequently.
What intrigues me the most is the part of the knees pain. Neither my father nor my mother had any knee pain at 90 years old, the same with grand parents at around 80, or in fact any of my oldest colleagues (50 yo), or closest friends' parents. Of course we don't talk extensively about knees (!) but we exchange a lot in our lives and conversations. Health issues are generally about heart, digestive system, prostate, arthritis, dorsal column., feet...not definitely knees at least ,neither frequently" nor in my memory among this sample...
Just another note: if you're a doctor, therefore with easier access to sources as directly to orthopaedic colleagues, can't you make a more frequent and substantial contribution here, instead of a sudden fear mongering? I mean, you read here a lot of all sorts of doubts and conversations. Have you ever thought of sharing some useful, "authoritative", information more often?
I mean, you're here since june 2021. You never found useful to discuss for example if those knee problems are more "frequent" in people doing tibias or femurs, one of the permanent topics of concern here?
Finally, if you could really reference that assertion of knee pain within X years after CLL I would very much appreciate, it really would become a factor for me to consider. I got a bit more worried now. But I need to evaluate by myself, specially when it's something not totally in line with my experience (due to my background I am used to interpretation of scientific articles but mass media news about geriatric health would also help).
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