jacobson Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I am going for a leg lengthening operation, 7 cms in 3 months!! I would love to hear if there is anybody in this forum that has any experience with this type of surgery. I got a chance to visit an LL (leg lengthening) clinic and met a whole bunch of patients undergoing the treatment...I was amazed of how much this has changed through the years.... I was researching it a couple of years ago and could only find these horrible external fixators with pins and rods going through your skin and bones (horrible!!!)... Now everything is internal, they implant a nail in the bone and that's it! You distract at 1mm a day until you reach whatever height you are going for and that's it!! The recovery is a bit too long for my taste, but hey...if you are short, to go from "shortie" to normal is sooooooooooooooooo WORTH IT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobson Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 I've been researching the Impress Nail, which uses a push button to distract. It sounds easier than the Albizzia nail, but I can't find much info on people that have leg lengthened with this device... This is their site: http://www.intramedsys.com/Patients_FAQ.htm Anybody here have any info on this? Sounds very cool, but have no idea on price??? Also would love to hear of any patients that have tried this or any of the Albizzia variants...Betz Bone or Guichet Nail... OK thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Eeshk, hate to be a naysayer but omg, messing with what isn't broken, etc. Just my opinion but very risky business, this site even openly admits frequent complications. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2266651/ I'd pay several visits to a Post surgical forum before ever signing on for any imperative, let alone unnecessary procedures of this magnitude, yikes... I found the link here... http://www.shortsupport.org/Health/Leg-Lengthening/ There are very limited post-op resources, I see, for you, which isn't encouraging. http://www.ehow.com/info_8580135_limb-lengthening.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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