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I've watched some of his YouTube videos and was impressed that someone 5 weeks post osteotomy could fully straighten their leg and bend the knee just over 90°. And no Taylor Spacial frame in sight 😊Looks like you're right about Guys, I just copied and pasted what his secretary put on an email to me!!Thanks for all your help, all the best with your hopefully far in the future knee replacement!Hi, I’ve recently had this surgery done at UCLH. If you don’t have private health there’s really no need to pay for this privately. It’s a really significant thing to do so don’t believe a little bit of advertising you see on YouTube. I suggest you see a specialist in complex deformity correction (any limb reconstruction unit) they deal with this routinely and much more complex things. You will have fantastic care and be supported in an MDT environment. You could see either David Goodier or Peter Calder at the Royal National orthopaedic Hospital - they are truly world experts. But I suspect there are limb reconstruction units local to you. Perhaps in Oxford? A frame sounds bad but it does allow for a very accurate correction and minimises the risk of nerve injury and major complications. On the femur they would only use a plate or nail. You can immediately weight bare with a frame. With the double rotational osteotomy you will inevitably change the alignment of your leg. So if you don’t use a frame, you might end up becoming a bit bow legged or knocked kneed. The frame will allow your surgeon to precisely correct all your deformity to the degree. And it should really only be on for 2/3 months max for pure de rotation. You don’t want to end up with a huge bill if there are complications and you’re much better served being in a specialist unit, which is audited and regulated - it’s true some knee surgeons do carry out rotational osteotomies but not routinely.
Quote from: Tuggers1994 on August 05, 2020, 06:28:54 PMI've watched some of his YouTube videos and was impressed that someone 5 weeks post osteotomy could fully straighten their leg and bend the knee just over 90°. And no Taylor Spacial frame in sight 😊Looks like you're right about Guys, I just copied and pasted what his secretary put on an email to me!!Thanks for all your help, all the best with your hopefully far in the future knee replacement!Hi, I’ve recently had this surgery done at UCLH. If you don’t have private health there’s really no need to pay for this privately. It’s a really significant thing to do so don’t believe a little bit of advertising you see on YouTube. I suggest you see a specialist in complex deformity correction (any limb reconstruction unit) they deal with this routinely and much more complex things. You will have fantastic care and be supported in an MDT environment. You could see either David Goodier or Peter Calder at the Royal National orthopaedic Hospital - they are truly world experts. But I suspect there are limb reconstruction units local to you. Perhaps in Oxford? A frame sounds bad but it does allow for a very accurate correction and minimises the risk of nerve injury and major complications. On the femur they would only use a plate or nail. You can immediately weight bare with a frame. With the double rotational osteotomy you will inevitably change the alignment of your leg. So if you don’t use a frame, you might end up becoming a bit bow legged or knocked kneed. The frame will allow your surgeon to precisely correct all your deformity to the degree. And it should really only be on for 2/3 months max for pure de rotation. You don’t want to end up with a huge bill if there are complications and you’re much better served being in a specialist unit, which is audited and regulated - it’s true some knee surgeons do carry out rotational osteotomies but not routinely. Thanks so much for this. I had an appointment at Great Western orthopedics and they referred me to the limb reconstruction unit at Oxford and I have an appointment in about 10 days so we will see how that goes. Hopefully I might finally start getting some answers.I think I have accepted that it will probably involve a frame and to be honest I would rather it was done properly so everything can realign gradually and be tweaked on the way if needed rather than go for a 'quick fix' that ends up causing more problems.I assume you had a frame? If you don't mine me asking... How long were you off work for and how long was it before you were up and about and feeling relatively ok?
I've watched some of his YouTube videos and was impressed that someone 5 weeks post osteotomy could fully straighten their leg and bend the knee just over 90°. And no Taylor Spacial frame in sight 😊Looks like you're right about Guys, I just copied and pasted what his secretary put on an email to me!!Thanks for all your help, all the best with your hopefully far in the future knee replacement!Hi, I’ve recently had this surgery done at UCLH. If you don’t have private health there’s really no need to pay for this privately. It’s a really significant thing to do so don’t believe a little bit of advertising you see on YouTube. I suggest you see a specialist in complex deformity correction (any limb reconstruction unit) they deal with this routinely and much more complex things. You will have fantastic care and be supported in an MDT environment. You could see either David Goodier or Peter Calder at the Royal National orthopaedic Hospital - they are truly world experts. But I suspect there are limb reconstruction units local to you. Perhaps in Oxford? A frame sounds bad but it does allow for a very accurate correction and minimises the risk of nerve injury and major complications. On the femur they would only use a plate or nail. You can immediately weight bare with a frame. With the double rotational osteotomy you will inevitably change the alignment of your leg. So if you don’t use a frame, you might end up becoming a bit bow legged or knocked kneed. The frame will allow your surgeon to precisely correct all your deformity to the degree. And it should really only be on for 2/3 months max for pure de rotation. You don’t want to end up with a huge bill if there are complications and you’re much better served being in a specialist unit, which is audited and regulated - it’s true some knee surgeons do carry out rotational osteotomies but not routinely.