WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 2001: Re: surgery Question!

Re: surgery Question!

From: alice (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:14:06 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 11 Dec 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I'm going to be going in to get a cyct removed off my left ovary. My
>GYN is great and always has been but.. He told me he would make a very
>small incision in the pubic hair line as he prefers not to do it
>laprascopy. Anyway, he said he does not shave the hair off. My
>question, is this good asepsis sterlie technique? If the hair is not
>shaved before hand can't it go into the incision and possible cause a
>infection when it is cut? I mean it just seems weird he would cut
>through the hair and not shave it. Is this normal???
>
>Cindy

NO that is not really normal the hair should be shaved off. you can even shave off the hair before you go in if your gyn is so opposed to it. The hair can get into the incision and cause some irritation discomfort and other possible infections. Not to say his method is bad but it is alot safer to just go ahead and shave it off because the hair will grow back. And it is safer for you in the long run because there is nothing to lose.There is a million different reasons why the hair should be shaved off and none i can think of to leave it there. I work in the o.r. myself and i have never seen anybody do a percedure without shaving the affected area first, especially on gyn cases.

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