Austinsmom
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Thank you very much for the responses. It is so nice to talk to other MMers.
To answer some questions...
The arteriogram showed his temporal arteries were there, and usable. But when the dr opened him up, the arteries were "lost" in scar tissue. Then my dr immediately called Dr. Scott. Our doc's name is Dr. Troup, and he has worked with Dr. Scott, and knows him very well. Troup consulted with Dr. Scott on my son before surgery, and when Troup could not do the pial synangiosis, he called Dr Scott to see what to do. We had surgery in Macon, GA. Troup did the EMS procedure. In the EMS operation, the temporalis muscle, which is in the temple region of the forehead, is dissected and through an opening in the skull placed onto the surface of the brain. He placed the muscle on his brain, and we are hoping collaterals will grow from that. Since this was not the procedure we were trying for, Dr. Scott recommended not to do the other side at that time. Doppler would not even pick up a temporal artery on the left side, even though the arteriogram showed a faint one. Dr. Scott told Troup if the doppler did not pick it up, then there was not adequate blood flow to try the pial procedure.
We go back to see Troup on the 28th, and we will then schedule the next arteriogram. I am hoping collaterals are growing, because we do not know what to do if they are not. Austin complains of his legs hurting, so his dr has come to the conclusion he is having TIAs.
To explain the "zigzag", Austin's scar is not a straight line. When he had his encephalocele resection, he had an ear to ear incision in a zig-zag pattern. The zigzag does not pull as much as a straight line, and his hair grows back better. Since he already had a scar, Troup just went back in the same site, and did the MM procedure.
Danette
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