Re: Possible adhesions!
From: cathy:- (anonymous@medispecialty.com)
Thu May 2 22:56:37 2002
I think that the second doctor is right on target. Pelvic pain can have
all different causes, and diagnosis of adhesions should only come after
everything else gets ruled out. And the point is that any surgery for
any reason -- diagnosis, removing adhesions, or an emergency surgery to
cut adhesions strangulating your intestines, for example, WILL cause
more adhesions to form. There are a couple (a very few) world-class
laporoscopic surgeons on the planet who have a reasonably good success
in at least not making things worse. One is in Germany, and he has
started using a new adhesion prevention product called spray-gel that is
just starting clinical trials in the US, and then there is a practice in
Scranton PA and New York -- they have a web site, http://www.adlap.com ,
and then sometimes people say that there is a good doctor in the
Northwest, Dr. Redwine. But other than that, stay away from docs who
just think that adhesions are no big deal and don't cause pain...
At Thu, 2 May 2002, SueHarr wrote:
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>I have had pain in my lower right side for several years. The past 2
>weeks it has been constant. Doctors have checked for hernia, given
>colon tests. had yearly pelvic & pap smear tests. Nothing has showed
>up. This week I went to a Gynecologist. By a pelvic ultrasound he said
>one ovary looks ok. He could ;not see the other one - that there seem
>to be a lot of activity going on in the pelvic area, and he believes
>that it could be scar tissue. I had my uterus removed 3o years ago. He
>wanted to do a laparoscapy to remove it if it is, and go ahead & get
>both ovaries out since he will be in there. I am 65 yrs. old.
>I got a second opinion from a more experienced Gynecologist, who advised
>against such a procedure at this point. He wants to do a CT, and
>through the process of elimination , find my problem. He said that if I
>do need surgery for adhesions, he would send me to a doctor who
>specializes in that type surgery.-
>that he did not believe a gynecologist should do it. I am confused. I
>am leaning toward the latter opinion. Would appreciate yur input. Sorry
>about the length of this. Thanks much. SueHarr
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cathy :-)
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