Re: Has anyone had a presacral neurectomy?
From: Melissa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Aug 29 19:43:05 2007
Thanks for the reply all.
This still gives me a lot to think about.
I have not heard that it was "old school" but I did notice it was a bit
difficult to find current articles on the subject. I am starting to
think that side effects are kind of rare, but effects to the bowl and
bladder are possible.
My dr. would remove anything he found - right now I am scheduled for
the lap with consent to remove anything he finds, a ultrasound found a
polyp that he wants to remove during the lap.
Erica, my dr. put it to me pretty much the same way. That since my
pain is so cronic and severe and seems to be getting worse as time goes
by, it will not hurt me to have it done. I just don't want to jump into
something that may add more complications. But I am leaning towards
willing to give it a shot if it will give me some releif. I am glad to
hear you are doing well after yours.
At Wed, 29 Aug 2007, anonymous wrote:
>
>yes, it does really depend on what's going on with you
>
>but the endo itself has to be excised, a doctor has to know how to do
>that
>
>At Wed, 29 Aug 2007, Erica wrote:
>>
>>I had surgery with Dr. Redwine 4 weeks ago and he added the Presacral
>>Neurectomy. He didn't discuss specific side effects related to that
>>procedure and said it wouldn't hurt to do it since I've been in chronic
>>pain for 3 years. I was up for anything being that Redwine is pretty
>>much the specialist to see. So far I haven't had any side effects
>>related to it.
>>
>>--
>>Erica
>>
>>At Wed, 29 Aug 2007, deirdre wrote:
>>>
>>>I asked my doctor about this, because I didn't want it, and he pretty
>>>much said 'it's old school'
>>>
>>>if you look on the CEC's site and redwine's site, I think they don't do
>>>it often
>>>
>>>It seems like your doctor isn't up on everything?
>>>
>>>Have you checked these sites?
>>>
>>>excellent sites
>>>
>>>http://www.endometriosistreatment.org
>>>
>>>endoexcision.com
>>>
>>>http://www.centerforendo.com/
>>>
>>>http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/EndoDocs/
>>>
>>>http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/erc/
>>>
>>>At Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Melissa wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hello all
>>>>
>>>>I am trying to find some information on presacral neurectomy. My gyno
>>>>is pretty certain I have endo, and has suggested that since he will need
>>>>to perform laparoscopic diagnosis he may as well also do the neurectomy
>>>>at the same time. He has provided me with a lot of information on it,
>>>>but I am still a bit hesitant. The possible side effects worry me, and
>>>>all my gyno can tell me is that he has performed over 100 of them and
>>>>the women have yet to report one side effect.
>>>>
>>>>Right now I am going to schedule the laparoscopic surgery with him, and
>>>>he said I have up until the surgery day to decide on the neurectomy.
>>>>
>>>>It is a bit frustrating because it seems this is not a common thing and
>>>>I have not been able to find any other women who have had it done.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance to all those who respond.
>>
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