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Facing gynecological surgery should galvanize you into taking control of your medical care. It’s critical to have the information to evaluate each potential solution, so that you can choose the best GYN surgeon. Each patient, and perhaps a member of her trusted circle of family or friends, should not hesitate to ask a lot of …

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A Bowie, Maryland schoolteacher who lives to see her students blossom and thrive, had lost all faith in doctors and the medical world. After several years of anxiety related to her mother’s death, her own abnormally heavy bleeding and a descended stomach – it was time to take control of her health.

Save-money-with-DualPortGYN-techniqueCIGC Minimally Invasive GYN Techniques Do Not Equate to Empty Pockets

With President Obama’s healthcare policies and government sponsored healthcare sites – the cost of medical care has become a very important issue. While cost is something that should be considered, you should never sacrifice the highest level of care. At The Center for Innovative GYN Care, we have developed innovative minimally invasive techniques like DualPortGYN. The benefits of DualPortGYN include significantly lower costs, less time in surgery, faster recovery and less pain overall.

CIGC Infertility Series Part II: Infertility & Endometriosis, Surgical Removal Increases Pregnancy Rates, Decreases Pain Endometriosis is a common yet mysterious cause of infertility. Although the reasons are not clear – current thinking is that endometriosis decreases pregnancy rates by affecting the “quality” of the eggs being produced. Endometriosis may also prevent the normal function …

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How Paul MacKoul, MD Turned One Woman’s Horrifying Experience with Endometriosis Around The Center for Innovative GYN Care’s Patient Spotlight: Kristen Hill Patient: Kristen Hill, Manassas VA Doctor:  Paul MacKoul MD Condition: Endometriosis Procedure: Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Hysterectomy After experiencing over a decade with debilitating pains stemming from the symptoms of endometriosis, Kristen Hill was no longer willing to …

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Yesterday, the FDA announced a recommendation to all manufacturers of power morcellation tools, stating that there should be a boxed warning to indicate the tool may spread cancer during GYN surgeries. Below, The Center for Innovative Care (CIGC) responds to this recommendation by outlining why the use of power morcellation  is so prevalent, yet completely …

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A recent New York Times article relays new study findings on robotic GYN surgery complications in benign gynecologic procedures. The report indicated an increased number of complications occurring during the robot assisted procedures with bladder and ureter damages accounting for most of the increased injuries.

Questions raised during the study: Is the robot better than a trained laparoscopic GYN specialist? Is it more precise? Is it more efficient, safer, faster, and does it provide a better recovery? Does the robot actually do the surgery?  The answer to all of these is “No.”

So why is the robot being used to perform GYN surgeries? It all has to do with your OBGYN. As a patient, you need to know that your OB is primarily an Obstetrician, not a surgeon.  In fact, Obstetrician Gynecologists admit that the majority of their practice is spent on treating pregnant patients and on office gynecology.  Surgery only makes up 25% of their practice.  (ACOG 2008 survey).  The majority of OB/GYNs are much better at open surgical procedures, not laparoscopy.