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Re: ctocele repair

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Tue, 15 Aug 2000 08:12:23 -0500 (CDT)


At Mon, 14 Aug 2000, ams wrote: >
>Ok, I am finally going to have this awful rectocele repaired. Has
>anyone had this done? They are calling me to schedule it -- in the mean
>time, I have a few questions. Was there a prep of some kind before?
>What kind of anesthesia did you have (epidural or general)? Did you stay
>overnight in the hospital or leave that day (my doctor said overnight)?
>Any answers would be appreciated.

I generally do not order a bowel prep for a simple rectocele, and either general or epidural are OK with me. I like to keep the patient overnight, but my partner does not, and his patients seem to do well.

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
Clarksville, TN

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