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[Puertoricanwasp123]

If something goes wrong in your femur you lose the whole leg but with tibia lengthening if something goes wrong in the tibia they don't have to amputate your thighs. So because of this I am having some doubts.

[TomD]

If something goes wrong in your femur you lose the whole leg but with tibia lengthening if something goes wrong in the tibia they don't have to amputate your thighs. So because of this I am having some doubts.

You forgot to mention nobody has ever lost a limb due to this surgery . That information trumps everything else.

[ItsMyLife]

tibia lost = BKA (below knee amput)
thigh lost = AKA (above)
simple.

[itzrammi]

but but Amputation  what are you talking thats scary

[joax]

I also thought about that and it's a reason for me to do tibias. Something can always go wrong and it's better to lose half a leg than the whole damn leg.

[ItsMyLife]

if u have  a BKA, u can still wear prosthesis, and walk

[Puertoricanwasp123]

You forgot to mention nobody has ever lost a limb due to this surgery . That information trumps everything else.

What a relief.

[Sean Connery]

What a relief.

People have lost a limb from leg lengthening. There's already been a doctor who's said so.

[Puertoricanwasp123]

People have lost a limb from leg lengthening. There's already been a doctor who's said so.

I suspect it happened to people that went to cheap surgeons.

[ReadRothbard]

People have lost a limb from leg lengthening. There's already been a doctor who's said so.

I'm going to need some proof.

[ItsMyLife]

I'm going to need some proof.

yes there is. but those were lengthening during trauma..... so infection rates were crazy

[greatheight]

I also thought about that and it's a reason for me to do tibias. Something can always go wrong and it's better to lose half a leg than the whole damn leg.

Tibias then in your opinion?

[heightangel]

This is a scary way to put out things. Do you really believe the risk of amputation exists more than in theory? Have you ever got to know of cases of amputation? I know Dr. Birkholz mentions amputation as a possible risk, but I don't know if you know anything about real cases of amputation out here.

[Joel]

If you lose your thigh they cut off your testicle and likely your junk won't work right for a while

[maximize]

This is supposed to be pretty controlled and minimally invasive (so to speak) surgery. The probability of amputation is pretty much nil unless you have a blood clotting disorder, collagen/vascular disorder, atrial fibrillation, or something else really bizarre.

Amputation occurs when the arterial blood supply to the limb becomes compromised. That can happen during trauma easily because so much gets damaged. That's where most amputations in young people come from. It can theoretically happen if you develop a septic infection post operatively (as it happens for people with meningitis), but this is unlikely of course. It can theoretically happen as well if your surgeon is an absolute butcher and maybe "slips" during cutting the bone, slicing through major tissues/vessels, but this also of course is highly improbable, since they're only making small controlled cuts.

Doctors quote the risk because anything can happen and they don't want to be sued into oblivion if it does. It doesn't mean it's likely or realistic to happen.

If anyone ever lost a limb during routine cosmetic limb lengthening, I'd be curious to know how. You're probably more likely to die from an adverse anesthetic reaction or fat embolism than you are to lose a limb.

[KiloKAHN]

Death seems to be a greater risk from CLL than loss of limb. There was even a study from Dr Catagni which stated that a patient died during a routine achilles tendon lengthening.

[maximize]

Yeah. Only other causes I can think of for limb loss would be if you develop compartment syndrome post op and the doc doesn't recognize it, though orthos see compartment syndrome regularly so that would be unlikely, or you get a surgical infection that causes necrotizing fascitis, though that's theoretically a risk of any surgery/trauma and is also unlikely.

Limb loss seems highly improbable from CLL.

[Metanoia]

A nonunion can also eventually lead to amputation. You shouldn't underestimate the risk just because it hasn't been mentioned in any diary yet.
And nonunions happen galore(hello dr. betz!!).I know several cases.

[truthtell100]

Yes nonunions and malalignments. Dont forget that.