Re: Bartholin -- to excise or not?
From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:26:00 -0500 (CDT)
It can be done though post op. is more painful than mars.
At Thu, 19 Sep 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>At Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Connie wrote:
>>
>>Hello,
>>I have a failed marsup. and my ob recommended a new marsup. My first
>>marsup was performed by a doctor who didnt know what she was doing.
>>I have now been seen by my regular ob. PERSONALLY, i do not want to
>>deal with another marsup. I hated the whole thing with the first one
>>and i can stand doing another. MY current ob has been in practice for
>>18 years and she is a very good experienced doctor. I mentioned to her
>>the option of simply getting the gland out through excision and
>>therefore never having to worry about it again, but in her 18 years of
>>practice she has never perfored an excision and said that the excisions
>>are done only if the gland is cancerous, in which case it is done by a
>>gyno-oncologist.
>>I would do it not because it is cancerous but because i really dont want
>>to deal with marsups ever again in my life. I would rather it be
>>removed and the inner labia sticthed up closed. Is this a possibility?
>>Would I be looking at an ugly scar, or is it possible to have this done
>>in a nice way so that the skin is approximated and it looks nice and
>>neat???
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Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University
Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy
Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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