Surgery is often successful, but 8 - 30 % of patients require re-operation, due to
excessive scar tissue formation at the FMD site.
It is never appropriate to rub the wound to «break down the scar tissue» or to prevent
excessive scar tissue formation.
Not exact matches
Similar to humans, about 25 % of canine patients require re-operation due to
excessive post-operative
scar tissue formation with FMD alone (Fig 20).