Hysterectomy: total vs sub-total
From: (no name) ((no email)@obgyn.net)
Sat Mar 27 23:51:20 1999
Dear colisters,
Last week there was a scoop at the TV news in Montréal. Women will now have
the benefit of hysterectomy completely laparoscopic in a one day surgery unit.
This was presented as an innovation.
In fact, a team from "Cité de la santé" hospital had made a serial of 85
subtotal hysterectomy since two years. The cervix stays intact and the
corpus of the uterus is removed by a morcelator.
They argue that there are less blood loss and less infection.
But nothing is said about the remaining cervix.
What do you think about that?
Dr Paul-André Latulippe MD FRCCP(s) Ob/Gyn
111 Rang 9
St-Christophe d'Arthabaska
Québec,Canada
G6P 6S1
Paul-Andre.Latulippe@sympatico.ca
tel:(819) 357-1784
