Re: opinions, please
From: Larry Glazerman (l.glazerman@rcn.com)
Mon May 14 21:43:21 2007
Not if removed in the office.
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Larry R. Glazerman, MD, FACOG
St. Luke's Center for Advanced Gynecologic Care
250 Cetronia Road
Suite 305
Allentown PA 18104
484-223-3279
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glazerl@slhn.org
On May 14, 2007, at 9:05 PM, Richard Chudacoff wrote:
> Do y'all send IUDs to the path lab to document removal?
>
> 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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