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Re: Limb Lengthening In India - A Ongoing Thread
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2013, 08:59:52 PM »
Part 2
This will be updated everyday with a new entry. The purpose is to give everyone an idea about the reality of Limb Lengthening and possible complications and situations that could come up.
Q: What do you think about the situation with Patient A (name changed for privacy)
A: Patient A's been having lots of problems for a long time that have been glazed over by the Doc and Doc assistant / health staff for a long, long time. It may take some time for me to describe the all, so I'll describe 2 that it seems he's been having for a long time.
Originally, when he did his initial surgery to install the frames, one of the pins was, not installed properly. And his habits during the journey may have also contributed to his problems.
Patient A was trying to lengthen too fast so he can go home faster and still get his desired height. He would take massive amounts of supplements and calcium in order to speed up the process. This, coupled with the fact that he was not flexible of physically fit before, AND after the surgery may have contributed to his complication.
There was a lot of stress placed on the pin, and also coupled with the pin not being installed properly initially, made it bend and eventually the pin became so loose from that it finally "broke off" and whenever he lengthened the pin would retract into him/bend further and not allow anymore lengthening.
He had to complain to the doctor several times (because the first few times they said he would be ok with time, just keep lengthening etc.)
When he got his second surgery, the doc replaced the pin with a new one and installed a new one. As well as added a 3rd pin for stability. But something was obliviously not done right so he lengthened for 1 month and still nothing.
To be continued....