Guest guest Posted August 16, 1999 Report Share Posted August 16, 1999 In a message dated 8/16/99 6:16:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, sreilly@... writes: << My dural patch is bovine...pericardium (tissue) from around a cow's heart. This is the patch they use when opening the dura, to make it bigger to allow more room for CSF flow. >> Ooops sorry guys, should have read all my mail before I asked my previous question. This answers it. Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 1999 Report Share Posted August 16, 1999 > My dural patch is bovine...pericardium (tissue) from around a cow's > heart. This is the patch they use when opening the dura, to make it > bigger to allow more room for CSF flow. > >> I have a question about this same patch. I have the same one placed in November of 98. Every since post op I've had a bump on the left side of my decompression that goes from about the bottom of the decompression down to the bottom of my scar. Funny thing is it goes up and down .....I think depending of increase of decrease of csf flow. That's just a guess. My husband says it looks like they left a big square peace of gauze in my kneck. That's about what it looks like. Does this have anything to do with the patch at all? Does anyone know what it is and if it's ever going to go away? ( currently in Las Vegas soon to be somewhere else....let you all know this week sometime!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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