Re: Help me understand my med records Please!
From: Kristen (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Sep 30 12:18:11 2005
Hi,
Well, excising really just means "surgical removal of" and fulgurating
is electrodessication, meaning they use a source of electricity (the
electrode) to remove the endo or the moisture from the area. It seems
like your doctor did a little of everything and since each case and
person is so different it is hard to say what the best way is. From the
op report at least, it looks like your doctor did as much as he/she
could to remove the endometriosis.
I wish you luck and hope we can all find relief from this painful
disease.
Kristen
At Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Trisha wrote:
>
>Hello girls! Well I just got back my med records from my lap and was
>hoping some of you could help clarify a few things for me. This is from
>the operative report-under "operative procedure" it says, 1. Lysis of
>adhesions and 2. Excisional biospsy and fulguration of extensive pelvic
>endometriosis. In the same report under "procedure" it says things
>like, "using hook electrode or cautery hooked to scissors using cutting
>hook and electrode at a power setting of 70 watts." Also says, "We
>succeeded in vaporizing that area of endo." Also, "Excisional biopsy was
>carried out as much as possible." Also, such and such "was excised
>and/or fulgurated, again, using cutting current and high wattage in an
>effort to vaporize the endo rather than merely coagulate it." Also, such
>and such "was freed by a combo of blunt and sharp dissection." And
>finally, "endo was once again fulgurated."
>
>So I'm wondering, sounds like the endo was excised but possible other
>methods were used-for those of you who are real knowledgable in the
>methods of excising/lasering endo, what method did my Dr. use and did
>he use the best one? I think it's the word-fulgurate-that confuses me, I
>don't know. My pre-op is Monday so I hope in the next few days I can
>figure out my game plan for treatments. Please help me to understand
>this if you can! thanks so much girls and I am praying for you all that
>we find relief to all of this soon! Take care!
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