Re: acutely anteflexed uterus
From: Charlie Chambers (ricechaz@earthlink.net)
Fri Jul 20 16:04:44 2007
Find it helpful to place a tenaculum anterior and posterior .
On Jul 20, 2007, at 10:35 AM, D. Ashley Hill wrote:
> I try to place the patient flat on the table (no T-berg), then
> place the
> rigid hysteroscope into the cervix to the level of the internal os.
> Then, drop your hand and 'scope as low as they will go (you may
> need to
> remove the speculum if one is in place) and watch as you angle it
> towards the fundus. Alternatively, a flexible scope may work. Good
> luck.
>
> DAH
>
> At Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Joanne Bulley, MD wrote:
>>
>> OK folks - so I split the infinitive - anyone have any suggestions
>> for
>> dealing with the severely anteflexed uterus and successfully place
>> the
>> rigid hysteroscope into the uterus??
>>
>> Joanne
>>
>> At Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Raymond Stephen wrote:
>>>
>>> Well spotted, Gerald! Now I'm wondering how many others didn't
>>> notice the reversed order of the "to" and the "not"?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of
>>> Gerald P.Rodriguez
>>> Sent: Friday, 20 July 2007 1:19 AM
>>> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>>> Subject: Re: acutely anteflexed uterus
>>>
>>> I think he was referring to the split infinitive that Joanne
>>> used; he was
>>> not claiming it didn't come from the Bard.
>>>
>>> [After 25 years it was really bizarre having to try to guess how
>>> to get
>>> into the cavity - while being exceedingly careful to not Perf!]
>>>
>>> Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG
>>> Santa Fe
>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "ainsron" <ainsron@sbcglobal.net>
>>> To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net>
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 8:49 AM
>>> Subject: Re: acutely anteflexed uterus
>>>
>>>> If he didn't, who did?? If the quote isn't correct, correct it.
>>>>
>>>> "To be or not to be, --that is the question:--
>>>> Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
>>>> The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
>>>> Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
>>>> And by opposing end them?"
>>>>
>>>> -- From Hamlet (III, i, 56-61)
>>>>
>>>> Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD, FACOG
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf
>>>> Of Raymond
>>>> Stephen
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:13 PM
>>>> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>>>> Subject: RE: acutely anteflexed uterus
>>>>
>>>> Shakespeare did NOT write "to be or to not be"
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf
>>>> Of Joanne
>>>> Bulley, MD
>>>> Sent: Thursday, 19 July 2007 1:01 PM
>>>> To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>>>> Subject: acutely anteflexed uterus
>>>>
>>>> Hi Friends,
>>>> "...while being exceedingly careful to not Perf!"
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Joanne Bulley, MD, FACOG
>>>> Solo gyn
>>>> Keene, NH USA
>>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Joanne Bulley, MD, FACOG
>> Solo gyn
>> Keene, NH USA
>>
>
> --
> D. Ashley Hill, MD
> Associate Director
> Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
> Florida Hospital Family Practice Residency
> Medical Director, Loch Haven Ob/Gyn Group
> Division Director, Dept. of Ob/Gyn, Florida Hospital Orlando
> Orlando, Florida
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Charlie Chambers
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cchamber@alumni.rice.edu
"Almost anything you do will seem insignificant but it is very important
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