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Re: Myomectomy next week! Help: Is OBGYN as good as RE? From: William D. McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net) Tue, 28 Dec 1999 12:43:00 -0600 (CST) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Elizabeth: "pull out medical/pharmaceutical books - fever/progestin" Previous message: William D. McIntosh, MD: "Re: Taking the pill for three consecutive months w/o a break" In reply to: anxious: "Myomectomy next week! Help: Is OBGYN as good as RE?" Next in thread: anxious: "Thanks Dr. McIntosh -- Re: Myomectomy next week! Help: Is OBGYN as good as RE?" Reply: anxious: "Thanks Dr. McIntosh -- Re: Myomectomy next week! Help: Is OBGYN as good as RE?" At Tue, 28 Dec 1999, anxious wrote: > >My myomectomy is next week. I just found out about "Reproductive >Endocrinologists". I am told RE's are better experienced. My Gyn. only >does ~10 Myo's/year. She seems very competent and is supposed to be >good. Would the chance of success be enhanced if I went to an RE? >Should I cancel the surgery and look for an RE? (Meanwhile the fibroid >grows and I ware out with stress.) Or, should I get it over with? I've >been very lucky to be healthy all my life. I don't want to ruin my >health/fertility with a bad decision. > >Thanks for any advice, > >A very anxious person > >My data: 35, healthy, no children, married & want children, 2 fibroids, >#1: ~8cm top of outside wall (not pedunculated, but mobile)#2: ~2.5 cm >inside wall. As with anything else, it depends on the person. There is nothing about an RE's training that makes them inherently more qualified to perform a myomectomy, and in fact, many REs are not surgically inclined at all, and therefor go into a field that has relatively little surgery compared with general gynecology, which is primarily a surgical speciality. So, if your gynecolgist is an experienced and qualified surgeon, it is likely that she is at least as qualified as an unknown RE who may or may not do very much surgery of any type, and probably more so. -- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG Clarksville, TN This is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to replace consultation and examination by your physician or other health care provider. Next message: Elizabeth: "pull out medical/pharmaceutical books - fever/progestin" Previous message: William D. McIntosh, MD: "Re: Taking the pill for three consecutive months w/o a break" In reply to: anxious: "Myomectomy next week! Help: Is OBGYN as good as RE?" Next in thread: anxious: "Thanks Dr. McIntosh -- Re: Myomectomy next week! Help: Is OBGYN as good as RE?" Reply: anxious: "Thanks Dr. McIntosh -- Re: Myomectomy next week! Help: Is OBGYN as good as RE?"

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