Hello dear. Dr. Lee is a good doctor and surgeon. Prof.Dr.Metin Kucukkaya and Dr.Lee working on inventing a new nail.
http://synoste.com/ My doctor Assoc. Dr Özgür Karakoyun and Metin Kucukkaya worked together for many years. Lon femur is not recommended because it is uncomfortable but I must say that Lon Femur is totally Old but Gold. In most internal nail models other than Precice, the lengthening section cannot be undone.
Many mechanical nails are thick and this is a problem. Some of them may also deteriorate. Yes, internal nails are best for the femur but which internal nails? Precice Stryde is the best now. Because it is partly thin because it is not mechanical nail, it is magnetic. It breaks less. It can carry the fully body load and The lengthening can be undone. If an internal nail does not have all of these features, Lon Femur is still preferable.
I've met many CLL patients with Lon Femur in Turkey. Their lengthening amount about 7-8-9 cm. They were fine after 1 year. I'm not someone who trusts people easily. So I searched like a detective himself. I met them in real life. I watched their videos. I even visited some of them after surgery. I followed them until they recovered.
If your doctor is good, Lon Femur is a successful method. It's also economical. The chances of infection are further reduced if the schanz screws are not much. I've known a lot of patients. I didn't see infection as a big problem. I believed in the prejudices in this forum about Lon Femur. But then I saw that not everything is described in this forum. Even Paley still uses this method in some special cases. In fact, this method is still used in many case. Firstly Bluebarbie's diary gave me courage. A 145cm girl lenghening 8.4 cm with LATN FEMUR. Then I met many Turkish patients.
I argue that Lon Femur is even better than Lon Tibia for especially +6cm lengthening amounts. Because I've seen a lot of patients. I've read a lot of medical articles. My advice to everyone if you are considering single stage lengthening, please prefer lengthening Femur bonre. Not as painful as forum members says. It's funny that people who didnt lon femurs surgery said it is very, very painful. I'm over 5mm right now. I had surgery on October 9th.
The first day, my pain was sometimes 7/10. Especially at night. But it was never like the pain of death. Day 2 and day 3 had pain near zero. Knees sometimes leaking. But this is not a great pain momentarily. The body gets used to it. The pain of the pin locations similar to the short-term burning of the penicillin needle when
try sitting or try standing up. There is no problem routine walking or stationary lying.
I wonder if I'm too tough. No. The patient who had surgery one day before me was staying in my side hospital room. He was like me about pain level. The nurses said he was worse than me the first day. He even told me that you were fine the first day. He said me he passed out for short term on the first day because of this pain.
But in short, i and my cll friend were both fine from the morning of the second day. On the first day, nurses was given pain medication with narcotic effect at night. Other than that, they never did. On the second and third day, serum with simple painkiller was inserted. Two or three times a day. It was never given after the third day. I've only been drinking 1 Volteren and 1 Parol once a day. Even if I don't drink them. This is purely psychological. Getting more comfortable for sleep. I'm really confused right now. I never slept on my back since I was a baby. I have to sleep on my back every day and I'm used to it easily.
Of course, this decision is very difficult. But please choose good doctors. See medical articles on the Internet. I think you should prefer doctors who have scientific studies and you should meet his previous patients and don't do this surgery without knowledge. For example I think it is suicide to lengthening over 7cm from the Tibia. For example Lengthening without intramedullary nails with only external device is outraged and out of age for +5 cm lengthening.
I wish you success. Your doctor is really good. He's a scientific surgeon. I know him although I am in Turkey
I hope we'il both achieve our goal.
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