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    • 1 year, 11 months ago
    pluckyAntelope
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    You cannot extend and monitor. It is impossible to foresee how your soft tissues will respond. The bone has the potential to grow continuously as long as you are extending at a safe pace (1mm/day femur, 0.75mm/day tibia).
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