FW: Comments from a sonographer regarding your page.
From: Martin Necas (exiled@clear.net.nz)
Tue Sep 21 05:02:13 1999
Dear Colleagues,
I have reviewed the page regarding Early Urogender Testing, and forwarded
the comments below to their webmaster.
Yours,
--
Martin Necas, RDMS, RVT
OBGyn.net Ultrasound Section Coordinator
http://www.obgyn.net/us/us.htm
e-mail: Martin.necas@obgyn.net
Diagnostic Medical Sonographer,
Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
e-mail: Exiled@clear.net.nz
-----Original Message-----
From: urobiologics [mailto:urobiologics@bignet.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 12:51 AM
To: Martin Necas
Subject: Re: Comments from a sonographer regarding your page.
Mr. Necas,
Thanks for a positive and very thorough review. We shall make appropriate
changes in our next update.
Sincerely,
urobiologics.com
Martin Necas wrote:
> Dear Webmaster,
>
> I have reviewed with interest your page on the Early Urogender Test. As a
> sonographer, I find several of your statements pertaining to ultrasound
> questionable, and I would like to point these out to you:
>
> 1)
> You write: "Accuracy better than ultrasound ", followed shortly by: "our
> current accuracy rate is 95% and the results well match with ultrasound".
> Your accuracy can not be both "better" and "matched" to ultrasound. That,
> you must agree, is very unbiguous.
>
> 2)
> Your statement: "In such cases, the technician is pressed upon to stop
> investigation and another appointment is given" contains two objectionable
> points. Firstly, the correct term for a person performing the ultrasound
is
> "sonographer", not technician. Secondly, an ultrasound is not medically
> warranted for sex-identification only, unless the patient is under risk
for
> sex-linked disorders.
>
> 3)
> "Ultrasound tech" is also an inappropriate, and in our community is often
> viewed as derogatory.
>
> 4)
> "The next safe technique is ultrasonogram, done after 20th week and in
about
> 40% cases". What reference was used to support this statement? I perform
> approximately 1000 obstetric sonograms per year and in my experience,
fetal
> sex determination can be performed in the vast majority of patients
> especially after 20 weeks gestational age.
>
> 5)
> "reliability of ultrasound and ANY OTHER old wive's tales". This statement
> implies that ultrasound is one of "OTHER" old wive's tales. I hope this is
> not what you are suggesting.
>
> You are certainly marketing an interesting product that some customers
will
> be interested in. It is inappropriate, however, to use unbiguous
statements
> in your advertising, or to use incorrect terms pertaining to professionals
> performing ultrasound. I would welcome any comments you may have regarding
> the above discussion, and I am looking forward to hearing from you,
>
> Sincerely Yours,
>
> Martin Necas, RDMS, RVT
>
> Diagnostic Medical Sonographer,
> Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand
> e-mail: Exiled@clear.net.nz
