Ovarian Remnant Syndrome – Sue’s story
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After suffering with endometriosis I decided at the age of 35 that I wanted a hysterectomy (despite having no children). Since the age of 13 I had suffered with severe period pain. When I was 26 I saw a gynaecologist (Mr W), who decided to do a D&C, this did not help with the pain so Mr W then did a laparoscopy. I was diagnosed with extensive endometriosis.
I then began a course of Zoladex injections. At the end of the course I had another laparoscopy and the endometriosis was no more. Was I cured? NO! Three months l...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - August 9, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Your Stories endometriosis ovarian remnant syndrome Source Type: news
Planning with a cardboard hospital
by Emily Williams
It’s 1 a.m. on a Wednesday. A two-year-old boy involved in a rollover automobile accident is brought into the emergency department at Boston Children’s Hospital. A scan shows fluid in his abdomen. He is becoming progressively unstable, his blood pressure plummeting despite blood transfusions. A decision is made to bring him to the operating room (OR), where a surgical team performs an exploratory laparotomy for a liver laceration and massive bleeding.
This is a test. It is one of the many tests of Boston Children’s Simulator Program (SIMPeds).
On July 13, 14 and 15, the entire seventh floor of the...
Source: Mass Device - August 4, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: Blog Vector Blog Source Type: news
Hysterectomy to treat depression – Deborah’s story
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I have had problems with my periods all my life. My first period lasted 10 days, and I soon got into the routine of 2 weeks of bleeding, and 2 weeks of crying. My Mother took me to the Doctor, and I was on the pill at the age of 14. This helped a lot, but I still had painful and heavy periods, but at least they only lasted 5 days, and the PMT wasn’t as bad. Came off the pill at 19 due to DVT scares, and carried on suffering. Doctors didn’t believe I had heavy periods as I was never anaemic.
The fi...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - May 11, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Tags: Your Stories depression fibroids Source Type: news
Hysterectomy to treat depression – Deborah ’ s story
I have had problems with my periods all my life. My first period lasted 10 days, and I soon got into the routine of 2 weeks of bleeding, and 2 weeks of crying. My Mother took me to the Doctor, and I was on the pill at the age of 14. This helped a lot, but I still had painful and heavy periods, but at least they only lasted 5 days, and the PMT wasn’t as bad. Came off the pill at 19 due to DVT scares, and carried on suffering. Doctors didn’t believe I had heavy periods as I was never anaemic.
The first time I had a Doctor agree was when I was getting the coil fitted, and she refused to give me the copper one as i...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - May 11, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health depression fibroids hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
Hysterectomy to treat depression – Deborah ’ s story
I have had problems with my periods all my life. My first period lasted 10 days, and I soon got into the routine of 2 weeks of bleeding, and 2 weeks of crying. My Mother took me to the Doctor, and I was on the pill at the age of 14. This helped a lot, but I still had painful and heavy periods, but at least they only lasted 5 days, and the PMT wasn’t as bad. Came off the pill at 19 due to DVT scares, and carried on suffering. Doctors didn’t believe I had heavy periods as I was never anaemic.
The first time I had a Doctor agree was when I was getting the coil fitted, and she refused to give me the copper one as i...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - May 11, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health depression fibroids hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
Weighing Cost and Mortality Risk for Necrotizing EnterocolitisWeighing Cost and Mortality Risk for Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Of three surgical approaches for managing necrotizing enterocolitis in infants, peritoneal drainage followed by laparotomy had relatively low mortality risk, but the highest price tag. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - April 13, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Make the Diagnosis: Abdominal pain, racing heart
(MedPage Today) -- Case Study: A patient presents to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain, tachycardia, and an elevated serum lactate level. At laparotomy, a segment of ischemic bowel is discovered and resected.
Which underlying condition is a significant predisposing factor? (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - April 8, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Surgeons Got Rhythm, and Sometimes (Heart) Beat
(MedPage Today) -- A little song, a little dance, a little laparotomy: music to operate by. (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - December 27, 2014 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Using laparoscopy for ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement
Researchers conducted a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial to compare a laparoscopic procedure with a mini-laparotomy for insertion of a peritoneal catheter during ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery. The deciding factor was the rate of shunt malfunction. Although overall shunt failure rates did not differ substantially between patients in the two surgery groups, the authors identified a significant reduction in the rate of distal shunt failure in patients in whom laparoscopy was used. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 23, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Using laparoscopy for ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement
(Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group) Researchers conducted a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial to compare a laparoscopic procedure with a mini-laparotomy for insertion of a peritoneal catheter during ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery. The deciding factor was the rate of shunt malfunction. Although overall shunt failure rates did not differ substantially between patients in the two surgery groups, the authors identified a significant reduction in the rate of distal shunt failure in patients in whom laparoscopy was used. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 23, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Abdominal injury patterns in patients with seatbelt signs requiring laparotomy - Biswas S, Adileh M, Almogy G, Bala M.
AIMS: We analyzed our series of patients with seatbelt signs (bruising) that underwent laparotomy in order to correlate injury pattern with clinical course and outcome. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis of patients with seatbelt signs p... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 22, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Care Bundle Reduced Mortality After Emergency LaparotomyCare Bundle Reduced Mortality After Emergency Laparotomy
Mortality fell by more than a third after implementation of the quality improvement bundle. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 17, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery News Source Type: news
Nontherapeutic laparotomy in American combat casualties: A 10-year review - Mitchell TA, Hutchison T, Becker TE, Aden JK, Blackbourne L, White CE.
BACKGROUND: The civilian literature has expanded the indications for selective nonoperative management (SNOM) for abdominal trauma to minimize morbidity from nontherapeutic laparotomies (NTLs); however, this treatment modality remains controversial and rar... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 6, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Concomitant hollow viscus injuries in patients with blunt hepatic and splenic injuries: An analysis of a National Trauma Registry database - Swaid F, Peleg K, Alfici R, Matter I, Olsha O, Ashkenazi I, Givon A, Kessel B.
INTRODUCTION: Non-operative management has become the standard approach for treating stable patients sustaining blunt hepatic or splenic injuries in the absence of other indications for laparotomy. The liberal use of computed tomography (CT) has reduced th... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - March 28, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
