Stretch. PT. Stretch. Look for callus formation. Look for bone alignment. If nerve pain ask for doctor for approval to slow lengthening rate. Stretch. PT. Walk. Not very difficult to hold yourself accountable. Non union is genetic unless you lengthen against doctors order, bowlegs and knock knees are a result of poor surgery/genetics. I remember MyEvolution saids the MAJORITY of people don't do enough PT. That's pathetic honestly. The majority are willing to succumb to laziness after having payed decades worth of savings for a life risking surgery, and still don't bother to stretch or PT enough.
PT. Stretch. Eat. Study x-rays. That's your only job after the surgery- you highly overexxagerate how much the surgeons give a fk about you. I remember one poster here literally saw Paley on surgery day and never again. You just fking email him photos and he sees if there's bone formation or not, there's nothing magical about these doctors. Based on reading logs, you would know if you have a leg length discrepancy or bad callus formation- a x-ray tech can tell you this.
Don't underestimate how busy a doctor is. They don't have personal time for you- you should be looking at your own x-rays. The best doctors doesn't give a about you, the worst doctor doesn't give a about you. Paley didn't fking notice preconsolidation of someone's single leg after 2cm discrepancy, MyEvolution. Rozbruch okayed the removal of programdude's precice implants in his very obviously not strong callused bone after only a year post op- within months he fractured his leg.
The only thing you need to worry about, is seeing signs of preconsolidation on x-rays, leg alignment and discrepancy, non Union, PT, stretch, and asking to slow down lengthening if you have nerve pain and that's 95% of what guarantees a a good recovery. These surgeons have so many other people to worry about, notably trauma patients and poor kids, they don't have time for you. They look at your photos in 30 seconds and make a decision. That's why MyEvolution had months of unknown preconsolidation despite Paley getting xrays. That's why programdude fractured his femur in half despite Rozbruch playing the removal of his rod. This is why you yourself are essentially the #1 person responsible for your recovery.
Guarantee a good surgeon to do the initial procedure to ensure leg alignment, and good technique for the best possible recovery (IT band release, venting to prevent embolism, minimal scar incisions). Then you yourself is the next most important step for recovery- not the doctor.
