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?
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
