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Richard Chudacoff, MD, FACOG
Las Vegas International Center for Advanced Gynecologic Care
(Specializing in minimally and non-invasive surgery)
3150 N Tenaya Way # 270
Las Vegas, NV 89128
Tel: (702) 360-9630
Fax: (702) 228-2343
-----Original Message-----
From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Raymond
Stephen
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 4:13 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Subject: Re: opinions, please
It has always mystified me why people mark the tube segments or send
them separately to the lab. What difference is it going to make if one
of the segments is not tube in the final analysis? You are still going
to have to go back and deal with the missed one and I can't imagine that
it is not going to be obvious when you get there which one needs
attention. The tubes have been together all the years prior to the
surgery, so why separate them?
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Dr
Eberhard Lisse
Sent: Sunday, 13 May 2007 4:31 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Subject: Re: opinions, please
why does one do the histology in the first place? To prove it is
done. To the patient (and her lawyers) as much as to the Medical Aid
funds.
It depends a little on which hospital I operate in that day, but
usually the operating theatre staff send one container only, because I
mark the right specimen. One of the Pathologists was an intern of
mine many years ago, the other one I have been sending these specimens
to for over 15 years, so they know: "one specimen, marked with a
suture, presumed to be the right tube, will be examined as tissue
block II". On the few occasions where they only received one
specimen, they always immediately phoned me, and started a major
search, which was successful each time, unless I wrote on the form:
"previous salpingectomy noted, only one, the right/left specimen sent"
and they then comment on this in the report. (I still mark the right
one even if it is the only one :-)-O)
el
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