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Re: ABCNEWS.com: Are Most Hysterectomies Unnecessary? From: Joanne Bulley, MD (islesannie@yahoo.com) Sun Aug 29 18:07:10 2004 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: rchudacoff: "Re: LSH was UAE Option" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: ABCNEWS.com: Are Most Hysterectomies Unnecessary?" In reply to: Larry Glazerman: "Re: ABCNEWS.com: Are Most Hysterectomies Unnecessary?" Next in thread: Charlie Chambers: "Re: ABCNEWS.com: Are Most Hysterectomies Unnecessary?" I counsel the same. And - as has been said - Many come in already decided - "can I just have it out?" and I say well - yes - but we do need to review what is out there - and what to expect from each - and what they want accomplished by the treatment. I get so put out by these articles that make it look like we are dumb and only defending one turf. Someone dying at home from her menorrhagia does not mean that she should have had a UAE! Joanne At Sun, 29 Aug 2004, Larry Glazerman wrote: > >Unfortunately, the part of the story that was the most valuable, namely, >presenting options to patients, was lost in the hype and sensationalism of >the story. I offer ALL of my patients with fibroids ALL of the following >options: > >1. Do nothing >2. Attempt to control bleeding hormonally >3. UAE >4. Myomectomy >5. Hysterectomy (supracervical or total, with or without BSO, depending on >the situation) > >Regarding the UAE data, I also tell them that it's only been done for less >than 10 years, and we don't know long term data. > >Some patients choose UAE, more of them choose hysterectomy, usually LSH in >my hands. > >FWIW, I also get quite a few patients who come to me for second opinions, >saying "I have fibroids and my doctor told me I need a hysterectomy." I wish >I had a nickel for every patient who, after I discuss all the options, says >to me "I want you to just take it out." > >-- >Larry R. Glazerman, MD >Ob-Gyn at Trexlertown, PC >610-402-0161 >l.glazerman@rcn.com > -- Joanne Bulley, MD Keene, NH, USA "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." President Dwight D. Eisenhower April 16, 1953 Next message: rchudacoff: "Re: LSH was UAE Option" Previous message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: ABCNEWS.com: Are Most Hysterectomies Unnecessary?" In reply to: Larry Glazerman: "Re: ABCNEWS.com: Are Most Hysterectomies Unnecessary?" Next in thread: Charlie Chambers: "Re: ABCNEWS.com: Are Most Hysterectomies Unnecessary?"

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