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Re: excision-is it all its cracked up to be?
From: Alyson (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun Jan 15 18:31:02 2006
Holly,
Did Dr. Albee or one of those guys do your excision? And did your Dr.
give you any stats about the possibility of it coming back? I am sorry
to ask so many questions, I am just so flabbergasted by the 9%
statistic.
Alyson
At Sat, 14 Jan 2006, holly wrote:
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>my first lap wasn't excision, and the pain came back within a couple of
>months. my second lap was excision, and i went over a year without
>pain. it did come back eventually, and now i'm in pain again, but it's
>been almost 3 years. i'd rather have excision. it worked better for
>me.
>
>At Thu, 12 Jan 2006, April wrote:
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>>At Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Alyson wrote:
>>>Hi! I had excision surgery myself 4 years ago and I would say that the stats are very close to being correct. If the surgery is done correctly by a good surgeon and it is removed completely, it is not considered a cure, but is the closest thing to it. That, along with following what they tell you to do after the surgery is the key to keeping this disease away!! I would recommend it to anyone with endo! It is always going to be an uphill battle, but it is an easier battle after excision surgery. I had my surgery with Dr. Andrew Cook and he said that in the cases that it does come back, it is very minimal. I know for a fact from my own experience that he is right. Feel free to email me and I will tell you the rest of my story!! Hope this helps!
>> April
>>>So, I've been investigating the excision thing and talking to a couple
>>>of girls in the process of scheduling excision surgeries. In the course
>>>of all this, the stat has come up that less than 9% of patients required
>>>any additional treatment following the excision surgery. I.e. in all
>>>but 9% the endo is gone??? This is reported from both Dr.s Albee and
>>>Redwine.
>>>I guess I want to know...is it all its cracked up to be?
>>>Alyson
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