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Re: How do you choose a surgeon?
From: Laura (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Mar 29 08:50:06 2007
Thanks for the info, it does help. The surgeon that I am scheduled with
is Dr. Camran Nezhat. He's quoted all over the place and I happen to
live relatively close to his practice. I guess I'm just a little
nervous because the first surgery (my only surgery ever) was where I
work and with people I know, I knew everyone had a personal interest in
taking care of me and making sure everything went well.
Fortunately he has not suggested Lupron, I don't have any interest in
taking hormones at this point.
Thanks again for the good info!
At Thu, 29 Mar 2007, D wrote:
>
>Hi Laura,
>
>I don't think there's any certain number of doctors you should see
>before making a decision - you might get lucky and the first one could
>have the answers you are looking for. If it doesn't feel right, if they
>haven't answered all of your questions to your satisfaction, if you
>aren't sure - that's when you need to get a second opinion. And I think
>any time a doctor suggests major surgery it's a good idea to get another
>opinion, just because.
>
>May I ask who you are going to see? I'm glad to hear you are going to a
>specialist - I wish more of us had easier access to real endo
>specialists!
>
>A few things I would look for in an endo specialist:
>
>- that they really are ENDO specialists, by which I mean that their
>practice is centered on treating endo patients.
>- do they remove the disease by excision? Burning it off, whatever the
>method, is an inferior way to remove the disease and cannot remove it
>from delicate areas like the bladder and bowels.
>- will they check the retroperitoneal areas? endo can grow behind the
>pelvic cavity, causing back, hip, and leg pain, but many doctors don't
>even look back there and are not skilled enough to remove it from the
>area.
>- what if they find endo on the bladder, bowels, or other delicate
>areas? can they remove it? or do they automatically tell you that you'll
>need a resection if they find bowel endo?
>- do they suggest Lupron? I'm tired of having that drug shoved at me, so
>it's important to me that my doctor not want to use it.
>- what do others say about the doctor? the top endo specialists are all
>pretty well known, and you should be able to find some feedback from
>others searching online. One good place to ask is the endodocs group
>linked to at the bottom of this post, the archives have lots of info.
>There's also this site: http://ratemds.com/index.jsp
>
>That's the stuff I can think of off the top of my head. Hope it helps!
>
>At Wed, 28 Mar 2007, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>I was just diagnosed with Endometriosis stage IV 2 weeks ago during a
>>laparoscopy to remove what was thought to be a dermoid tumor. I was
>>told by the surgeon that did my initial surgery that because of the
>>extensive adhesions and the fact that the endometrioma is near a blood
>>vessel he recommends that I have a laparotomy. However, I live in an
>>area where there is a laparoscopic surgeon that is a specialist in the
>>area of endometriosis. He says that he can do it easily
>>laproscopically. I've scheduled surgery with him, I am just curious,
>>how many surgeons should you see before you make a decision and what
>>resources do you use to be sure about the one you choose? Thanks for any
>>suggestions, experience...
>
>--
>Find an endo specialist in the ERC's EndoDocs group:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EndoDocs/
>
>Try an excellent endo support group:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erc/
>
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