? different procedure in decompression

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Carol here.

First of all I would like to say thank you for all of the responses to my first

post. It is magnificent how supportive and informative this group is.

What I would like to know now is if anyone has ever heard of the doc putting

slits in the maderma instead of a patch. My NSG says he developed a procedure

where he goes in and slits the maderma then checks with ultra-sound to see if it

released the restriction in the CSF. If it odes then he stops there, if not

than a full graft is done. He said that there is less chance of serious

infection that way. At first it sounded really cool, but the more I read about

leaks I wonder how it could work. If anybody has heard of this or experienced

it please write me back. I want to beagle to make an informed decision about

surgery and if there is a less evasive procedure that may work yippee!!!

Thanx so much

Carol