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[lovinglonglegs]

can someone flexible go for 7cm on tibia?
some people definitely do that without complications.

[DanishViking]

7 cm is definitly not safe for 99% of people doing tibia lengthening. Most people start to get complications after 4,5 cm according to cyborg4life and most surgeons set the safe limit to 5 cm for tibias. In generel doing tibias is a stupid idea unless your're planning on doing both segments femur + tibia or you find out after x-ray scanning that you have abnormally long femurs compared to tibias.

They heal slower, have a higher complication rate, increase chance of joint problems / early arthisis, less overall safe length achieved / cutting 2 bones (tibia+fibula) vs 1 for femur etc.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26398436/

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=83172.0 (this guy did what you want and got a horrible outcome...)

- see 11:50 - 14:40

[Medium Drink Of Water]

Yes, a flexible person can do it.  I did.   Not a fantastic idea but not necessarily a disaster either.

[saltedchocolate]

dont do it or end up like me

[lovinglonglegs]

Yes, a flexible person can do it.  I did.   Not a fantastic idea but not necessarily a disaster either.

did you do it with LON? Have you seen +7cm with Precice2.2?

[Medium Drink Of Water]

did you do it with LON? Have you seen +7cm with Precice2.2?

LON yes.  Never met a Precise patient.

[LG1816]

dont do it or end up like me

Well, to be fair, your issues were not completely as a result of LON. By your own admission the surgeon was at fault.

[otaviognu]

I saw several patients doing 7cm on tibias via LON method. Maybe I will be one of them, my height is 1,78m and I have short tibias and for me 1,85m is a perfect height for a man. My surgery will take a place by the end of setember.

[betzbone1236]

every cm higher lengthening is more time for possible risk. lower is better and safer the longer you go the more chance for issue

[Confidence]

Donghoon lee and marie gdalevitch both allow for 7cm on tibias.  It all depends on the patient's recovery

[otaviognu]

I guy of 1,80m can goes further than a guy of 1,60m for sure.

[Unknown]

Its technically possible.