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Q’s for your #endometriosis surgeon:
- Is Endo your primary specialism?
- Do you excise or ablate?
- How many surgeries do you do per year?
- How many complex surgeries do you do per year (incl bowel resection, thoracic etc)
- What are your complication rates?
Q’s for your #endometriosis surgeon:
- Is Endo your primary specialism?
- Do you excise or ablate?
- How many surgeries do you do per year?
- How many complex surgeries do you do per year (incl bowel resection, thoracic etc)
- What are your complication rates?
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- Do you have a multidisciplinary team?
-Do you record/take photos & can I have copies?
- What areas of the body do you check?
- Will you take tissue for biopsy?
- Is there any case where you wouldn’t remove Endo?
- If so do you refer to a surgeon with the right skill set?
- Do you have a multidisciplinary team?
-Do you record/take photos & can I have copies?
- What areas of the body do you check?
- Will you take tissue for biopsy?
- Is there any case where you wouldn’t remove Endo?
- If so do you refer to a surgeon with the right skill set?
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- What is the after care & pain management plan?
- When will I have a follow up appointment?
Things to note. Expert excision is 🔑, ablation means no samples for pathology & is a poor technique (high recurrence), no surgery is better than bad surgery.
- What is the after care & pain management plan?
- When will I have a follow up appointment?
Things to note. Expert excision is 🔑, ablation means no samples for pathology & is a poor technique (high recurrence), no surgery is better than bad surgery.
Complications happen but in specialist hands shld be low (less than 2%). Extrapelvic Endo isn’t rare just often missed. MRI helps w planning but as we know absence in MRI≠ absence of disease. These Q’s are logical & help u to have confidence & also can expose a lot of red flags.
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