options available in other clinics

Probably you already visited other clinics to get consultation from the specialist. The treatment options for the patient depend on how different from each other in length their limbs are expected to be once they stop growing, and if they will have any associated deformity.

In most cases what you have been offered in other clinics fall into the following categories:

• No treatment at all
• Shoe raises
• Shorten the longer leg
• Lengthen the shorter leg
• Amputation and fitting of a prosthesis

Possibly the options even were explained by surgeons from those clinics.

• If the expected difference in length between the legs is under 3cm, they say there is either no need for further treatment or an adapted shoe (shoe raise) can be used to lift the shorter leg by a small amount. Do you really think this is an option - to wear the specially-made adapted shoe for the lifetime?

• If the expected difference is between three and six
  centimeters, the doctors usually advise slowing down the growth in the longer leg and say that the operation only works if patient is still growing. If patient is not a child and has stopped growing, the option of shortening the longer leg is offered (removing a piece of bone is done).

• If the difference is more than six centimeters and shortening the longer leg is not an option, the doctors usually advise leg lengthening. They mainly perform Ilizarov device or other external or internal device.

• If the difference in leg length is large and there are associated deformities, often other surgeons offer an amputation as the best option.

However, we would not recommend amputation to the patient and highly suggest to schedule an appointment at Ladisten first, even if other clinics offered the amputation as the only treatment method they can offer.
Our aim is to enable patient to live a normal life and carry out everyday activities like walking, sitting and running and enjoy the life. Ladisten offers solution of deformities correction and lengthening treatment to enable patients to enjoy their new lives.
With limb lengthening and deformities correction options available at Ladisten, we provide opportunities even for individuals who previously had no treatment alternatives. Ladisten Clinic helped the patient with the most severe cases of PFFD successfully, so be sure to check with us first before you made a final decision.

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