Scar tissue after palate resection
Submitted by Diane and Fonzie on May 12, 2010 - 8:46pmMy 6 year-old is having palate issues again (last resection only 1 year ago!) He has had 3 palate resections total because he keeps develping scar tissue. I know this is A LOT but we had no choice but to do it each time because he was having such a problem breathing. Just wondering if anybody else has had any experience with this problem.
Sheez!
That's pretty upsetting... May I ask what technique they're using for the surgery (scapel vs laser)?
Olivia
both....
The first 2 times were scapel and the third time was the laser. Surprisingly the laser had the least desirable result. It has only been a year and he's having trouble... at least we got 2 years out of the other procedure.
Poor Fonzie!
Toby had the palette surgery done about 2 1/2 years ago and has not had a problem since then. I am so sorry Fonzie keeps having to go through that! But if he can't breathe, he can't breathe. He needs to be able to breathe, poor guy!
Maybe a different kind of surgery would result in less scarring?
Janice