Re: Vag hyst after C/S ... was Positive margins.

From: R. Daniel Braun (rd.braun@gmail.com)
Wed Oct 31 18:08:01 2007


The pubic arch is the limiting factor in suitability for Vag. Hyst. Not uterine size, not parity, not previous surgery. My comment about 6 prior C/S was with the idea that there aren't very many women out there who have had 6. I personally have never done a vag. hyst on a uterus greater than 28 (twenty-eight) weeks size (22050 gm). It took a while to do, but she went home the next morning.

When the residents wanted to staff a TAH or LVH, I would always ask them: "Why can't it be done vaginally?"

Dan

On 10/31/07, Garry E. Siegel, M.D. <garrys@mindspring.com> wrote: >
> I would also factor in the pelvic architecture, i.e. how narrow is her
> arch (did she have the first C/S for "CPD" and has a narrow arch that
> makes vaginal access a struggle).
>
> Garry
>
> At Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Douglas Krell wrote:
> >
> >Is one enough...six too many?
> >
> >No. If the patient has prev C/S, I wouldn't hesitate to do a vag hyst
> based
> >on the number of C/S alone, but rather on the patient's exam, degree of
> >uterovaginal prolapse, apparent severity of scarring, size of uterus
> >etc...Haven't we all seen those women who've had 5 or 6 C/S and it looks
> >like they've barely been to surgery? Then there was the woman last
> week...
> >2nd C/s and I couldn't even exteriorize the uterus to do the tubal.
> >
> >--
> >Douglas Krell MD
> >
> >>So a question for Y'All : any rule-of-thumb on VH - at how many C/S
> >>would you be hesitant to do a VH?
> >>
> >>JB
> >>
>
> --
> Garry E. Siegel, M.D.
> Private Practice
> Roswell, GA
>

--
R. Daniel Braun, MD  FACOG(L)  CMT
Professor Emeritus
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Indiana U. School of Medicine

R. Daniel Braun

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