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Re: HYSTERECTOMY: More Hysterectomies Could Be Performed With Minimally Invasive Techniques
From: Patrick (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:18:02 -0500 (CDT)
At Sun, 12 Jul 2009, Hope Waltman wrote:
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>More Hysterectomies Could Be Performed With Minimally Invasive
>Techniques
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>Eighty percent of women who have a hysterectomy have a traditional one,
>in which a surgeon must make an extensive incision that runs from the
>navel to the top of the pubic bone. If only these women's gynecologists
>had been trained in minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery techniques,
>many of them could have had hysterectomies involving just a few small,
>keyhole incisions. Also, their recovery time would have also been
>reduced drastically, permitting them to resume their normal lives much
>faster.
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>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/157178.php
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>Best Regards, Hope Waltman, Fibroid Forum and WHF Moderator
>
>http://www.obgyn.net/fibroid-resource-center/display.asp
>
>http://www.hopeforfibroids.org
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