Re: ABCNEWS.com: Are Most Hysterectomies Unnecessary?
From: Efrain Ramirez (eramirezt@coqui.net)
Tue Aug 31 20:20:25 2004
Or Stephen Boyd and Raquel Welch -- 1966 Fantastic Vogage-- :)
>At Tue, 31 Aug 2004, art fougner, md wrote:
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>Where are Martin Short and Dennis Quaid now that we need them? LOL
>
>art
>
>At Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Efrain Ramirez wrote:
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>>I guess I'll wait for intelligent nanorobots to the trick - but for now
>>I'll take out the diseased organ ..
>>
>>>At Mon, 30 Aug 2004, art fougner, md wrote:
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>>>Right Efrain. just as case reports of lupron being administered for
>>>cases which ultimately proved to be leiomyosarcoma, it's only a matter
>>>of time before the same occurs with UAE. to date, there is no imaging
>>>modality which uniformly differentiates between myoma and sarcoma.
>>>
>>>art
>>>
>>>At Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Efrain Ramirez wrote:
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>>>>I remember the laser fever -
>>>>
>>>>I am always reluctant with "surgical treatments" that don't deliver
>>>>tissue diagnosis ..
>>>>
>>>>> At Sun, 29 Aug 2004, Joanne Bulley, MD wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>I like the description from the ABC article:
>>>>>
>>>>>She was mildly sedated for the procedure. Tiny pellets were injected
>>>>>into a catheter inserted near the groin that is guided up to the uterine
>>>>>arteries. The pellets stop the flow of blood to the fibroid tumors,
>>>>>causing them to shrink and die. The pellets are made out of a plastic
>>>>>similar to contact lenses and stay in the artery permanently.
>>>>>
>>>>>The outcome statistics for uterine fibroid embolization are impressive —
>>>>>more than 90 percent symptom relief, with complications in only 2
>>>>>percent to 5 percent of cases. Radiologists now routinely avoid the
>>>>>arteries near the cervix and vagina — which seems to minimize the risk
>>>>>of sexual dysfunction.
>>>>>
>>>>>Another advance has been the use of pain medication for the severe
>>>>>cramping that sometimes starts during the procedure. It can often last
>>>>>several days but can be well controlled with medication.
>>>>>
>>>>>How about the "Radiologists now routinely avoid the arteries near the
>>>>>cervix and vagina — which seems to minimize the risk of sexual
>>>>>dysfunction."
>>>>>
>>>>>The only uterine arteries ARE near the cervix and vagina! So what the **
>>>>>are they talking about?!
>>>>>
>>>>>OK folks - who thinks 75% of those having hysts should have UAE intead?
>>>>>
>>>>>Joanne
>>>>>
>>>>>At Sat, 28 Aug 2004, rmodugno@aol.com wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You have received this ABCNEWS.com mail from:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Robert Modugno MD
>>>>>>rmodugno@aol.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I thought you might find this story interesting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Are Most Hysterectomies Unnecessary?
>>>>>>http://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/Living/fibroid_hysterectomies_040827-1.html
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Joanne Bulley, MD
>>>>>Keene, NH, USA
>>>>>
>>>>>"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies
>>>>> in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who
>>>>> are cold and are not clothed."
>>>>>
>>>>>President Dwight D. Eisenhower
>>>>>April 16, 1953
>>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement.
>>>>But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."
>>>>
>>>>Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)
>>>>
>>>--
>>>art fougner, md
>>>ich bin ein New Yorker
>>>
>>--
>>"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement.
>>But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."
>>
>>Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)
>>
>--
>art fougner, md
>ich bin ein New Yorker
>
--
"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement.
But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."
Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)
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