Do you think 8 + 5 cm can be safe? I believe 2 other surgeons Mahboubian and Paley are also great as well.
Yes
I think maybes check range of motion/x-rays w/ doctor when you get to 7 femur and get close to 5cm tibia and ask their opinion, won't be a guarantee it will work out but I think should help
I sort of wish we had a more scientific way of figuring out the best length to get to, but I don't think we really have a better way than "get close to the recommended limits, then ask the doc what to do" to figure out if they want you to stop or slow down lengthening etc
I'm going for 7 femur, 5 tibia but might stop earlier than that depending on the pain/range of motion. I'm doing just gnail femurs now, I'm at like 4.6ish cm and somehow it is getting easier and somehow my range of motion is getting better than at 1-3cm, especially my quads are becoming more and more normal. I heard it gets harder at 6-7 cm though, fingers crossed
I sort of think though that if you are ever in doubt you can just stop at like 6-6.5cm femur and 4.5 cm tibia, have a faster recovery, worry less about complications and get to enjoy the height sooner. I guess there is some argument to be made for "why even come close to risking it over just 1-2 more cm?" but I still think I want to push it to 7 femur, 5 tibia if the doctor lets me
Someone doing tibias now in Athens was like "I don't want to do 6cm, the recovery will take too long" or something like that and he might even stop before 5cm
So I think alot of people just decide to stop a bit earlier when the time comes. At some point, I felt hellbent on getting 8cm femur /6cm tibia and now I just don't want to deal with that last cm anymore