Ex-Ilizarov Frame Patient

[NEIL777]

I had an ilizarov frame operation four yeard ago and the frame remained in place for 20 months whilst i stretched the bone to regrow my leg to an adequate size. I now have a lovely walkable slightly runnable left leg and give thanks to the salford royal hospital staff for thier efforts in the operation. I still have my left leg at what i call ten to twelve positoin slightly woonky due to the growth of bone. I am enquiring if one of the students or anyone can tell me of a way to get this rebroke or straightened as it defies my logic in bending bone back into shape as i feel they would be snapping a twig. I would gladly give help in returrn in any web programming or design as i am a BSC in Multimedia and internet technology and Business information technology. ,,Also if any medical students and anaetheasisists are brave enough to give it a go i would have consultations and reserve time for any advise and efforts towards this. I ask because the waiting list is enormous in local health services and the operation i think could never be life threatening and at worst only crippling HAHAHAH
i await any senior or junior advise as both will be treated with the same attention and respect........................................... ....

[NV05]

"Bone remodels itself according to the stresses and strains applied to it" - Wolff's Law.

The thing about bone is that it is a living tissue with a blood supply and everything, there are many cells which contribute to breaking down bone and others building it back up again. Depending on mechanical force applied, the cells in bone will break down and build up again to remodel into a position that best suits the mechanical load.

In the case of leg-length discrepancy, the stresses applied would have essentially been stretching the bone, and so the cells in your bones would have been recruited to accommodate for these stresses so that they would grow. It's called distraction osteogenesis.