Hello, I have yet to contact Dr Solomin, this is his email right? solomin.leonid@gmail.com. Every ilizarov doctor have said they want to do the surgery for me but most of them want to include my left leg too, that's not a problem for me like my right but the ilizarov scientific centre has been the most helpful and speak/type in English very well. Are they really not any good? Even here in the UK someone in the NHS told me they are good
The Kurgan center is very experienced.
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Can someone please direct me to ilizarov specialists in Germany?
I have contacted a couple in Italy, one of them being Maurizio Catagni who told me 15k euros to deal with my right leg, 18k if I do both. Is this not a strange price? Also, why is everyone so eager to put another frame on my left leg like this surgery is not a big deal with 100% success rate and zero complications?
The problem is that the doctors listed here also do
cosmetic limb lengthening. Lengthening your legs for stature and aesthetic results. Although a lot of them may very well have a lot more experience than ones who refuse to do lengthening on cosmetic grounds, their practice is considered unethical by a huge chunk of the body of orthopedic surgeons. That's why you're getting offers to do the other leg when you contact the doctors listed here.
If you have a medical need, I'll have to repeat myself: try treatment with the NHS (i.e. locally - I'm guessing you're from the UK). Unicorn has a lot of info on the NHS and limb lengthening in her thread.
Click and read from here for the information.If the NHS is not an option, or you're from somewhere else, I'd again consult a local orthopedic surgeon who has worked with limb deformity and reconstruction in the past for orientation.
If all that fails, go get it done in Kurgan. They're certainly more ethical than all doctors listed here, and plus they have to carry the legacy of Dr. Ilizarov's name under their belt. However, they may not use the most modern, best devices in current distraction osteogenesis science, or offer the best possible hospital care.