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[Masteryourlife]

Hello everyone!
I was wondering if a EU citizen gets CLL in Europe in his country or in another EU country,  will the removal be included/covered by the public health system ?
We pay a lot of taxes for the "free" medical system therefore the nail removal is not directly a cosmetic purpose that's why I have this question .
Also ,  if complications arise , will they be covered as well ?

I  believe the second is 100% yes but I wonder if those complications will be fixed by the doctor who did the surgery (covered)  or you need to go to a public hospital where maybe there are no LL specialists to be covered .
Anyone knows more about it ?

[Masteryourlife]

Nothing?

[zaozari]

Nothing?

Removal won't be covered.
Complication treatment may be covered, but only in public hospitals, not by the private original LL doctor. All European main hospitals have good orthopaedic surgeons who know how to operate both external and internal fixators and all other relevant aspects of orthopaedic surgeries, even when they are not used to pure cosmetic LL (but elongation following partial amputations due to accidents are even more complex).  This would be specially so if the patient doesn't disclose all information, and doctors don't create obstacles. For example, Achilles tendon lenghtening may be needed, following tibias elongation (it may be unfair for other tax payers, specially if it's purely cosmetic LL (and not constitutional short stature), but you are never left alone in countries with national health service, like many: UK, Spain, France, Portugal, etc.)

[Masteryourlife]

Removal won't be covered.
Complication treatment may be covered, but only in public hospitals, not by the private original LL doctor. All European main hospitals have good orthopaedic surgeons who know how to operate both external and internal fixators and all other relevant aspects of orthopaedic surgeries, even when they are not used to pure cosmetic LL (but elongation following partial amputations due to accidents are even more complex).  This would be specially so if the patient doesn't disclose all information, and doctors don't create obstacles. For example, Achilles tendon lenghtening may be needed, following tibias elongation (it may be unfair for other tax payers, specially if it's purely cosmetic LL (and not constitutional short stature), but you are never left alone in countries with national health service, like many: UK, Spain, France, Portugal, etc.)

Thank you and yes it makes sense