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[ItsMyLife]

That's my question.

Externals are fine right? For small amounts? What would be the time-frame? For removing of frames, and then sports?

Internals, how long would they take? Thanks guys.

For just 3 cm. is internals still better?

[Overdozer]

4 months for frame removal and 6 for sports. And no, bilateral external femurs are still not fine, too much discomfort.

[ItsMyLife]

4 months for frame removal and 6 for sports. And no, bilateral external femurs are still not fine, too much discomfort.

i know...
there is more risk of misalignment too??

[Overdozer]

there is more risk of misalignment too??

Not really. Any misalignment can be corrected by the Ilizarov external device.

[ItsMyLife]

Not really. Any misalignment can be corrected by the Ilizarov external device.

they say the muscle will bend the pins?? idk
but either way 3-4 cm, i dont think theres too much muscle movement..
but i heard from Russian girl that the pain is 9/10. the tibia pain is only 1/10. She did one femur and two tibia (one femur for correction purposes)

[Overdozer]

Pins will bend under weight to some extent. It's not unique to femurs.

Well, I did femur too and I've also been lengthening at a rate of 1.75mm/day and I can tell you that the pain wasn't 9/10. It was there mainly due to muscle tension, but it wasn't that bad.

Btw, if you wanted to do femurs on top of tibias, you probably should've done it x-lateral style, like 5 cm left femurr, 5 cm right tibia - repeat after 6-7 months.