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[Tokito_Ohma]

Hey guys I have a few questions I wanna ask you:


●tell me about the inflamation of LON vs stryde if you could( multiple pin sites vs 2 for stryde). I was thinking I will also do low inflamation diet to keep me stable as it is now.
●when you remove LON fixator do you have any internal nail remaining or are you completely free?
●i hear you lose a few mm after lengthening with lon when you consolidate, i read this from multiple diaries from the forum? What do you think and roughly how many mm per cm you lose?

[Medium Drink Of Water]

The only inflammation I got from LON was in my knees.  I believe this was due to the patellar ligament being split open so the intramedullary nail could be inserted into the tibia.  I imagine it would be the same for pure internal.  I didn't have inflammation problems with the pins.

LON means lengthening over nails.  It's the combination of an external fixator to lengthen and a non-lengthening internal nail to keep your leg at its new length until the bone consolidates.  So you still have the nail after the fixator comes off.

The only mm you "lose" with LON is from an Ilizarov frame when the pins bend instead of stretching the rings apart.  It depends on how long the pins are, how strong you are, and how heavy you are.  The amount of this can be determined by an x-ray, but thinking of it in terms of "never-was-gained" rather than "gained-and-then-lost" is more accurate.

[Tokito_Ohma]

Hey guys I have a few questions I wanna ask you:


●tell me about the inflamation of LON vs stryde if you could( multiple pin sites vs 2 for stryde). I was thinking I will also do low inflamation diet to keep me stable as it is now.
●when you remove LON fixator do you have any internal nail remaining or are you completely free?
●i hear you lose a few mm after lengthening with lon when you consolidate, i read this from multiple diaries from the forum? What do you think and roughly how many mm per cm you lose?

"Never was gained" is an interesting way to word it. The internal nails are fully weight bearing like the Stryde internal nail? How comfortable is it compared to the Stryde internal nail?

[Medium Drink Of Water]

I'd imagine that it's stronger since it's completely solid steel without a lengthening mechanism.