Well we can agree to disagreeing then. However I believe that your're wrong about the death incident. According to other people on this forum he was a muslim who was fasting, which might have made him more exposed? Also Paley which is the most experienced surgeon in the world has had 3 close death calls with the same complication, which all were smokers but lied about it. He highlighted that in a interview with Cyborg4life, so we don't know whether this one patient were doing something similiar. The EU health agency (don't know the correct term) also investigated the case, and came to the conclusion that DR. Giotikas and his team, couldn't have done anything more than what they did. And almost every surgeon inside EU has at least 1 death out of many thousands cases, which in my opinion is a good track record. One day when it accidently happens in the US, everyone will call this procedure to dangerous and unsafe... So to conclude, please stop spreading misinformation about Greece being a bad choice because it's actually the oppisite.
Yes and Paley saved all three. No deaths. A great surgeon can handle complications when they inevitably arise. That’s a big part of what makes them great. If I tell you there are two clinics you can go to for surgery, one has a recorded death and the other does not, which one would you pick?
Also, in regards to the nail:
“He sought a fully implantable lengthening solution.
When the Albizzia femoral nail, developed by Guichet and Grammont, became available, he worked with the French company that made that nail to develop a tibial lengthening Albizzia for stature lengthening. He started using the femoral and tibial Albizzia in 1996.
The severe pain experienced by patients from the 15° rotation of the thigh through the break in the bone, as well as several implant failures, lead him to stop using this non-FDA approved device. This device is still being used in Europe under the name Guichet nail and Betz-Bone. While they have modified this nail to a small extent, it is still the original Albizzia nail that Dr.
Paley abandoned in the 1990's. There are much better devices now and the use of this older nail should be abandoned.”
There’s a reason these nails aren’t used in the US and why Precice is favored over them.
Again, I’m not saying Dr. G is terrible, but I’d say he’s clearly a tier below any of the big 5 US surgeons who do this. If money isn’t a factor, I would not go to Dr. G. If it is a factor, then he’s a reasonable choice at the price point I guess.