Re: gartner's duct cyst

From: Joanne Bulley, MD (islesannie@gmail.com)
Thu Jun 21 17:54:36 2007


To all - thanks for the comments. I have always been very reluctant to do anything but look at them. I don't think I ever had training in why or why not or how to surgically treat them.

I appreciate the commentaries here - and am glad my own judgement went the same way. After eading these - it seems like periodic needle aspiration uner reasonably aseptic or "clean" conditions may be best.

Joanne

Unrelated - a patient of mine (20 yo) (and daughter and sister of patients of mine) died in a tragic accident on the Wash DC beltway this past week. What a horrible thing for parents and friends to live with.

At Thu, 21 Jun 2007, R. Daniel Braun wrote: >
>GD cysts tend to be anterolateral.
>If you were to marsupialize it, I think you would want to make a large
>opening(3-5cm) in diameter. and explain to the patient that you would expect
>her to leak this clear odorless fluid for a long time to come. In general,
>excision is probably the best way to go.
>
>Dan
>

--
Joanne Bulley, MD, FACOG
Solo gyn
Keene, NH USA




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