Topic: cross lngthening externals LON with dr hirdesh and dr saini..femur-5.7 tibs 4.7 (Read 19310 times)

yash · « **Reply #62 on:** October 22, 2021, 09:28:56 AM »

yash · « **Reply #63 on:** October 24, 2021, 08:58:30 PM »

Inflammation has decreased a lot and movement has become normal. Intense physio starts today..left tibia and right femur will be done by 15-nov

yash · « **Reply #64 on:** October 28, 2021, 03:20:01 PM »

3 days after the fixator removal surgery everything felt good, 7 days ROM has returned to near normal. now its all about strengthening for the next 15 days to support a second surgery .. femur is a bit tight but with proper physio tightness is going away quicky. also i have a mild 2cm ballerina.. working real hard on it..

yash · « **Reply #65 on:** October 30, 2021, 04:15:19 PM »

knee extension in the femur leg which was around 10 degress less than complete extension after the surgery has almost returned to normal. and ballerina is almost gone. this is within 10 days after removal surgery.

yash · « **Reply #66 on:** November 11, 2021, 09:25:57 AM »

hey guys, second surgery is scheduled around 18-20th of this month... am making reasonable progress though things will become perfect only after the second surgery of cross lengthening.. uploading a video of my walking right now.. as you can see ballerina is completely gone in the tibia leg. also the range of motions in all the segments have become completely normal in both the legs which is a requisite to undergo the second surgery. by the time fixators of second surgery will be removed hopefully these bones consolidate so that my recovery will be much smoother..

https://imgur.com/a/ZGatxjv

yash · « **Reply #67 on:** November 17, 2021, 03:26:26 AM »

second surgery is scheduled on 21st nov. was scheduled earlier, but i had issues related to payment and had to postpone. the team was kind enough to schedule and plan the surgery on a sunday for my convenience.. anyways,if things go according to plan its about 8 weeks by the time i will have my fixators off which will be the biggest thing in my ll journey..since after that road to recovery is pretty straight forward

yash · « **Reply #68 on:** November 18, 2021, 01:50:35 AM »

walked completely unassisted, since i wanted to do that before second surgery.. gait was a bit bad but it boosts up the confidence levels and positive vibe a lot. hopefully i wii have the same recovery timeframe for the second surgery also...

yash · « **Reply #69 on:** November 21, 2021, 05:54:19 PM »

Had the step2 surgery today..in sharp contrast to the last surgery where I felt a lot of pain..this time it's surprisingly low..and not even noticeable.. hopefully it stays thisway..

Previous segments have consolidated very well .will post x-rays tomorrow

yash · « **Reply #70 on:** November 21, 2021, 09:17:42 PM »

http://imgur.com/a/LC7TQul

yash · « **Reply #71 on:** November 22, 2021, 01:32:18 AM »

To people who did with precise 2 or lon, based on my x-rays is it good enough bridging for complete weight bearing?

yash · « **Reply #72 on:** November 25, 2021, 03:12:54 AM »

femur, similar to the first step is pretty uncomortable.. i think it will take an other week for the femur to get a good degree of flexion and have a smooth distraction. for all potential llers be very strong for the first 10 days in femur surgery

yash · « **Reply #73 on:** November 29, 2021, 05:55:32 AM »

transitioned from surgical pain to muscle pain.. hematoma which was formed due bleeding from cortex in the left tibia has almost resolved.. hematomas are so painful especially on movement..

started distracting yesterday..

yash · « **Reply #74 on:** December 02, 2021, 02:00:03 PM »

knee flexion is not as good as the first surgery this time.but expecting it to improve with physiotherapy. rest of the things are going good.. wishing for a faster removal of frames so that my ROM will be completely restored.

yash · « **Reply #75 on:** December 05, 2021, 05:16:29 PM »

hey guys,
things are going pretty good.. knee flexion in tibia leg is normal but femur will become normal after frame removal.. pain is pretty moderate.. lengthened 0.7mm so far in both tibia and femur

yash · « **Reply #76 on:** December 14, 2021, 04:01:28 PM »

guys, things going well. so far lengthened about 1.5cm each in both tibia and femur.. so my frames removal is on track by 10-jan-22.. attaching latest xray
https://imgur.com/a/2Mo5gm3

yash · « **Reply #77 on:** January 05, 2022, 03:53:25 PM »

hey people, things are going good. i am really happy for reaching almost the end of this external fixator journey without experiencing any major complications. as expected my removal is on track by 10th jan of this month subject to the availabilty of the surgeon .will probably get a confirmed date within a day or two. muscle loss is very apparent and my focus would be on gaining as much flexibility and strength as possible.. but otherwise things have been fine.

attaching my final xrays before removal. if any the next xray will only be on the day of removal in the hospital.
https://imgur.com/a/yFCv0QV

yash · « **Reply #78 on:** January 13, 2022, 06:20:12 AM »

had the removal surgery on 09th. heaviness has gone since then. will probably start physio in 2 days

yash · « **Reply #79 on:** January 19, 2022, 01:12:54 PM »

working on my range of motion currently my right femur is at 100 passively...left is normal
left tibia has ballerina of around 3cm. right is not so apparent.. working to improve them through intense physiotherapy

yash · « **Reply #80 on:** January 23, 2022, 09:26:46 PM »

rom significantly improved. right knee flexion at active 110 left knee 125. still a bit of ballerina in leflt tibia

yash · « **Reply #81 on:** January 28, 2022, 06:41:43 PM »

things going pretty well right now.. roms have returned to normal . ballerina is almost gone.. also measured my final height at 173cm in everning which i feel is a decent height. only gaining muscular strength and bone consolidation is left. will focus vigorously on muscle strengthening and walking from now

yash · « **Reply #82 on:** February 13, 2022, 04:19:26 AM »

everythings returned to normal except walking. currently on crutches right now,, hopefully will be able to walk unassisted within a month. will soon update my latest xrays

yash · « **Reply #83 on:** February 15, 2022, 04:43:31 AM »

https://imgur.com/a/0UDzbRt

latest xrays

yash · « **Reply #84 on:** March 03, 2022, 08:20:53 AM »

latest walking video
https://imgur.com/a/OGrbYz

thankscience · « **Reply #85 on:** March 03, 2022, 10:41:21 AM »

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yash · « **Reply #86 on:** March 11, 2022, 09:40:41 AM »

reached home after 7 months stay with heightincrease info .. overall the expereince was great. i think it will take an other 2 months of strengthening to get back to normal gait . walking atleast 40-50 min on treadmill everyday apart from the walk for adl

Growing Experience · « **Reply #87 on:** June 01, 2022, 02:02:33 PM »

what's the update?

Back to normal GAIT?

balme · « **Reply #88 on:** August 22, 2022, 02:19:08 PM »

hi yash, how are you doing nowadays? any update?

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