Canal Closure Post-op

Tuesday April 23, 2013

Canal Closure 5 days post-op

Today we saw Dr. Roberson 5 days post-op.  Sam has been doing great.  She went to school on Friday, the day following the surgery.  She hasn't complained of pain at all.  Dr. Roberson took off the small piece of tape that was covering the incision, put some ointment on it and said everything looked great.  The sutures will dissolve/fall out over the next few months.  

This was a bit of a tricky surgery for Dr. Roberson because Sam's 7th Facial Nerve was very close to the location he was working.  Everyone is different, so they monitor this very closely with a nerve monitoring device.  Thankfully, Dr. Roberson has a very steady hand and was able to complete the closure without a problem.  He said he had to do something in there to protect that nerve a little better, so he took pictures and shared them with Dr. Reinisch so he will be aware for the Medpor surgery in July.