Re: Do any OB's out there have experience with Incarcerated uterus? Scared here..
From: John Essien MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Nov 2002 09:17:56 -0600 (CST)
Your uterus has to be manually coaxed out of the pelvis, by the tilting
exercises or done by your doctor under some form of sedation or
anesthesic. If that fails then direct manipulation through a surgical
incision in your abdomen would be recommendable.
At Fri, 29 Nov 2002, KMN wrote:
>
>I am 12 weeks 5 days and have severly retroflexed, incarcerated uterus.
>I have a foley catheter as I have not been able to urinate at all for a
>week. ON MOnday, my ob and his partner, who have never seen a single
>case of this, will try to reposition the uterus. He tried Wednesday,
>with only a little success.
>
>HAve you any experience/success with this? WHat are my chances of good
>outcome? WHat can I expect from the procedure? Baby looks perfect, but
>pain is getting worse (backaches, bladder). I feel very alone and
>scared. I can find almost no information on it.
--
John Essien, M.D. SOCOG
Camaguey, Cuba; Basseterre, St. Kitts
http://www.obgyn.net/all_advisors/J_Essien.htm
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