I was just going to inquire if anyone else had issues with the cranial hardware. A part of my incision wasn’t healing properly and the surgeon commented during the 6 weeks post-op visit that they may have to do a revision surgery to remove a cranial plate. Had an X-ray which showed no signs of infection. A few days later the scab fell out, revealing a hole that went down to the bone. You could see the cranial plate at the bottom of the hole. Naturally this scared the bejeezus out of us and we headed to the ER. The ER in an urban Portland hospital on a Saturday night is an “interesting” experience, worthy of a story in itself. Spent 7 hours there, got an MRI, the doctors determined there was probably no infection and I was sent home. Revision surgery occurred 2 days later. Two cranial plates were removed and the hole was cleaned and stitched up. It was a relative breeze compared to the craniotomy but I still had to spend the night in the hospital. It caused a setback in healing and I had to go on a course of strong antibiotics. Pathology showed no signs of infection so that was fortunate.