Re: endometriosis in C/S scar
From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (rbraun@iupui.edu)
Tue Jul 30 10:00:20 2002
Hasn't happened yet.
At Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Gerald P. Rodriguez wrote:
>
>And what do you do when the mesh gets infected?
>
>Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG
>Santa Fe
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>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Braun, R. Daniel" <rbraun@iupui.edu>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 8:19 AM
>Subject: Re: endometriosis in C/S scar
>
>> Me too for 35 years. Always under general.Never had a defect less than 5
>cm in diameter after excision. According to the surgical literature and also
>one of the articles on last year's ABC recert. exam that requires mesh.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Gerald P. RodriguezTo: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>> Sent: 7/30/2002 9:04 AM
>> Subject: Re: endometriosis in C/S scar
>>
>> Been doing them for 30 years; occasionally under general if hard to
>> define.
>> Try to do them during the luteal phase so that I have a fairly good idea
>> of
>> how big they are. Never have used mesh; never had a hernia--that I know
>> of
>> (?).
>>
>> Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG
>> Santa Fe
>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Braun, R. Daniel" <rbraun@iupui.edu>
>> To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L"
>> <ob-gyn-l@mail.medispecialty.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 7:54 AM
>> Subject: RE: endometriosis in C/S scar
>>
>> > How many of these have you done under local ? My experience is that
>> they
>> are at least twice as big as thought and require placement of mesh to
>> close.
>> >
>> > Dan
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Gerald P. RodriguezTo: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>> > Sent: 7/30/2002 8:41 AM
>> > Subject: Re: endometriosis in C/S scar
>> >
>> > Yes, she has a chance of having endometriosis in the pelvis, appendix,
>> > etc. Since you say she has no other symptoms, I would resect what is
>> > likely a endometrioma in her C/S scar under local, if the patient is
>> > amenable to local, and leave well enough alone.
>> >
>> > Gerald P. Rodríguez, M.D., FACOG
>> > Santa Fe
>> >
>
>>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Braun, R. Daniel <mailto:rbraun@iupui.edu>
>> > To: Multiple recipients of list
>> > <mailto:ob-gyn-l@mail.medispecialty.com> OB-GYN-L
>> > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 7:21 AM
>> > Subject: endometriosis in C/S scar
>> >
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R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG
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