Milhorat's wurgery

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=Hi all,

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I'm wondering--Is Dr. Milhorat the only surgeon that removes the sk=ull? And---Why is he the only one to do this surgery? If I'm=correct, he's been doing it for a few years now? I would think th=at if it is such a good way that others would be doing it by now.=

I know I was told that he used to remove smaller pieces of the skull---=now he take the entire back of the head from ear to ear and from top to =bottom.

I know at least one person had a problem with=infection and had the plate removed, and now has no protection as plate=and skull are both gone. Has anyone else had this problem? =

What are the possibilites of problems in the future with the pla=te?

Does anyone else have the concern that if doing this surgery =no one ever sees into the brain to identify other or more significant pr=oblems than originally thought---I know that MRis don't always show everything tha=t is going on.

Love, Maureen=

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Maureen wrote:

I'm wondering--Is Dr.

Milhorat the only surgeon that removes the sk ull? And---Why is he

the only one to do this surgery? If I'm correct, he's been doing

it for a few years now? I would think th at if it is such a good

way that others would be doing it by now.

I had Dr. Milhorat's decompression in 1998 before he did

the titanium mesh plate. Dr. Milhorat told me that the muscles at

the back of the head and neck are very strong and would protect my brain.

I didn't have any tenderness in the are at all. When I had my fusion

done in 1990, he put in the plate, and I feel very comfortable with that.

He is doing a case study and will release the results

in a couple of years. Until then, he is perfecting the surgery.

I

know I was told that he used to remove smaller pieces of the skull--- now

he take the entire back of the head from ear to ear and from top to bottom.

I have two small wedges of bone next to my ears. Most of the

occipital bone is gone. I had the standard decompression done in

1990, and was left with severe, every day headaches. They finally

got to the point that nothing would take care of the pain. That is

when I found Dr. Milhorat

I know at least

one person had a problem with infection and had the plate removed, and

now has no protection as plate and skull are both gone. Has anyone

else had this problem?

I didn't have any problems with infection. With any surgery

there is the risk of infection.

What

are the possibilites of problems in the future with the pla te?

I guess we will have to wait and see. There are

many people that have had to have a plate because of accident or other

brain surgery. Plates aren't new, just new to Dr. Milhorat's surgery.

Kathleen

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The last post was hard to tell who said what, so I will try and clarify

that.

Maureen wrote:

I'm

wondering--Is Dr. Milhorat the only surgeon that removes the sk ull?

And---Why is he the only one to do this surgery? If I'm correct,

he's been doing it for a few years now? I would think th at if it

is such a good way that others would be doing it by now.

Kathleen wrote:

I had Dr. Milhorat's decompression

in 1998 before he did the titanium mesh plate. Dr. Milhorat told

me that the muscles at the back of the head and neck are very strong and

would protect my brain. I didn't have any tenderness in the are at

all. When I had my fusion done in 1990, he put in the plate, and

I feel very comfortable with that.

Correction, the fusion was done in 1999

Maureen wrote:

He is doing a case study and will release

the results in a couple of years. Until then, he is perfecting the

surgery.

I know I was told that

he used to remove smaller pieces of the skull--- now he take the entire

back of the head from ear to ear and from top to bottom.

Kathleen wrote:

I have two small wedges of bone next to my ears.

Most of the occipital bone is gone. I had the standard decompression

done in 1990, and was left with severe, every day headaches. They

finally got to the point that nothing would take care of the pain.

That is when I found Dr. Milhorat

Maureen wrote:

I know

at least one person had a problem with infection and had the plate removed,

and now has no protection as plate and skull are both gone. Has anyone

else had this problem?

Kathleen wrote:

I didn't have any problems with infection.

With any surgery there is the risk of infection.

What

are the possibilites of problems in the future with the pla te?

I guess we will have to wait and see. There are

many people that have had to have a plate because of accident or other

brain surgery. Plates aren't new, just new to Dr. Milhorat's surgery.

Kathleen