Liz
I don't know if they use titanium plates for translab. I believe they do. At least I think House does. I had Teflon used during my AN surgery because my surgery & situation is different from others here. I will give a brief history.
Back in 2007 I discovered I have an AN approx 1.4cm
Jan 2008 I had CK done
Nov. 2011 started to have some trigeminal nerve pain. Sent my MRI's to different people Dr. Friedman, Dr. Haines, & Dr. Medberry.
Dr. Medberry could not say for sure but looks a slight bit bigger. Dr. Friedman & Dr. Haines says no change but I was having pain.
Decided to have surgery at House with Dr. Friedman & Dr. Schwartz March 7th, 2012
Dr. Schwartz looked at my MRI & said no change but my AN was touching my TN. He says it has been for years looking at the past MRI's. Why did it just start causing pain?
![Huh ???](https://www.anausa.org/smf/Smileys/classic/huh.gif)
Million dollar question.
Anyways we decided since there is no growth & my hearing is 100% that he would just go in and remove as much AN off the trigeminal nerve to alleviate my pain. I agreed. When they do decompression of the trigminal nerve they put Teflon in there. If you search trigeminal neuralgia surgery or microvascular decompression surgery you will see they do this.
I hope this helps. If you have questions let me know.
Mindy