9 -Day of Surgery:
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| large fibroid uterus |
Twenty-four major gynecologic procedures.
• 10 abdominal hyst (8 fibroids, one unanticipated cancer, one ovarian cyst)
• 11 vaginal hyst (8 prolapse, two fibroid, and one hyperplasia with atypia (“pre- cancer”)• and three exploratory surgeries, one for the removal of just the fibroid and one for a suspected cyst.
And two minor procedures, both tubal ligations (one open, one laparoscopic)
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| Multiple fibroids totally distort anatomy |
It would take me about a year at home to do as many hysterectomies; more than double what I’ve done on any other mission.
The two general surgeons had a few more cases (one only could stay a week), mostly gall bladder, hernias with a few thyroidectomies and one breast lumpectomy.
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