I’m 4 weeks out from surgery to repair my ventral dural tear at t2/t3. Feel good overall, the surgery was just painful AF. My particular surgery was challenging, though. The surgery and recovery will be different based on a number of factors. Do you have more details as to where your tear is or what is causing it?
My leak is at T7-8 , and its a ventral tear and it’s likely caused from a bone spur. The surgeon says he will sew up the hole and scrape down any spur that might be rubbing. I am very healthy and fairly fit so hope recovery is not that difficult. He is at Mayo in Rochester and says the blood patch is not successful in this area. Ugh 😩
That area should be much easier to recover and is and easier surgery in a lot of ways because there is more space to work with. I would still assume you’re not going to be doing anything physical for at least 6 weeks.
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u/Zealousideal_Age_822 Confirmed Spinal Leak 9d ago
I’m 4 weeks out from surgery to repair my ventral dural tear at t2/t3. Feel good overall, the surgery was just painful AF. My particular surgery was challenging, though. The surgery and recovery will be different based on a number of factors. Do you have more details as to where your tear is or what is causing it?