WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for February, 2002: Re: Physicians, I need your opinion, please!

Re: Physicians, I need your opinion, please!

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 2 Feb 2002 23:23:02 -0600 (CST)

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At Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Connie wrote: >
>Hello:
>
>I have a friend who is going through a pretty rough time. Last Nov, she
>had surgery with Dr. Cook in San Francisco, CA and he found adhesions,
>endo fourhernias. He lysed the adhesions, excised the endo and also
>repaired the hernias. She did great and felt great! However, on the way
>home from the airport (we live in Western PA), she and her husband hit a
>deer, the airbag hit her at the surgical site and she had a lot of pain.
>She had to fly back to California and Dr. Cook did a lap and had to
>re-repair one of the hernia's.
>Once again, she felt great! About a month or so after this she was doing
>some light housework and reached up to dust something and she felt a
>"tearing" sensation which brought immediate pain. She called Dr. Cook
>and he suggested she follow-up with her gyne at home. Her home gyne
>felt that the repair had come undone again and referred her to a general
>surgeon. The surgeon had to do another hernia repair. She continues to
>have severe pain that is unrelieved with any type of pain med. She is
>seeing a pain management physician who tried a block, this made it
>worse. He is suggesting that there is neuroma present. My question for
>her is: How do they find the neuroma and can it be removed?? Any help
>would be appreciated.
>
>Thank you.
>
>--
>Connie
>

Connie

I have no clue

--
William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board
Pregnancy and Birth Section
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.

*Please understand I can not respond to private emails.

*These comments are for educational purposes only.  They are
not meant to take the place of an examination by a qualified
health care provider.  They are not intended to be the start
of a physician-patient relationship.

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