WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 1999: Re: Surgery

Re: Surgery - what does it entail?

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 4 Dec 1999 23:34:13 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 3 Dec 1999, tracy wrote: >
>Hello,
>
>I have been reading your board and found it quite useful, could you
>please answer my questions? I have just been told I am to have a
>laparscopy and another surgery to look inside my womb (forgotten what
>this is called).

Hysteroscopy.

>This is to find out why I have abdominal pain and to
>look at my fibroids and find out if they are causing my heavy periods.

A sonohysterogram (sonogram with water gently infused into the uterus to get a look at the inside of the cavity) may be helpful before the surgery to prepare them for what they might find.

>Could someone please tell me about these proceedures, my consultant was
>a little rushed. Will they hurt, and does anyone know how soon I will
>get the results. Thanks you for your time,
>Tracy

A laparoscope is a telescope-like instrument which goes throught the belly button and allows a look at the organs of the pelvis and if necessary, the upper abdomen. A diagnostic laparoscopy just looks. An operative laparoscopy looks and treats.

the hysteroscopy causes no post-operative pain. the laparoscope feels like you did too many situps (according to what my patients say).

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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