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KiloKAHN

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Re: Humerus lenghtening
« Reply #31 on: October 29, 2014, 04:02:10 PM »
Quote from: GROWtalORdieTRYING1 on October 29, 2014, 01:20:19 PM
actually 1 thing i don't know.

how long would it take to consolidate if you got 3.5cm on humerus (external only).

how long would you need to keep your frames on for?

assuming you do 1mm per day for 35 days. (or is this too fast)

dr monegal.

what rate do you recommend for lengthening humerus, and how long would you need to keep the frames on for?

thank you for your time.

Humerus is usually lengthened at the same rate as the tibia. I don't think I'd push it faster than .75 mm per day. Frames should require the same time (1.5 - 2 months per cm) or even 1 month per cm if you're one of the fortunate ones with fast consolidation.
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Re: Humerus lenghtening
« Reply #32 on: October 29, 2014, 04:19:56 PM »
There's a diary on the old forum where the op says Dr Paley has one month per centimeter as a general rule of thumb. Humerus lenghtening is allegedly easier than tibia/femur in all aspects except that it's inconvenient and time consuming because only one arm is lenghtened at a time (I think).
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Re: Humerus lenghtening
« Reply #33 on: October 29, 2014, 04:27:09 PM »
thanks upland. I thought I remembered from a diary that it was quicker for bone consolidation in humerus.

however I will have to ask my doctor what he thinks.
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Re: Humerus lenghtening
« Reply #34 on: October 29, 2014, 04:30:18 PM »
Apparently bilateral humerus lengthening is not a problem as you'd retain most of your arm function. The impression I got from Dr Divya is that if you got it done at Mangal Anand Hospital at least, you'd do both arms at the same time.
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Current height: 170 cm / 5'7" (Frames removed 6/29/2015)
External Tibia lengthening performed by Dr Mangal Parihar in Mumbai, India.
My Cosmetic Leg Lengthening Experience

GROWtalORdieTRYING1

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Re: Humerus lenghtening
« Reply #35 on: October 29, 2014, 11:25:52 PM »
found the rate for LON patella chronic pain. in an accredited study.

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Tibial nailing.
In this group, 11 retrospective11,22,45,47,48,50,62,63,65,66,70 and nine prospective studies1,5,8,12,52,64,67–69 had a total of 1469 fractures. Of the 1460 patients, 629 had symptoms of anterior knee pain independent of the approach used. The mean follow-up was 23.9 months (7.267 to 5765). The mean incidence of anterior knee pain at the end of the follow-up was 47.4%

http://www.bjj.boneandjoint.org.uk/content/88-B/5/576

so a sample size of 1460 is fairly significant. 47.4% at 2 years later had anterior knee pain.

I recommend external humerus and not LON until further research has been conducted on LON humerus.
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