Insurance companies jump to limit GYN procedures due to potential spread of cancer by power morcellators. While done with good intentions, the blanket changes could put women at risk for invasive open procedures or less safe blind vaginal procedures. CIGC Advanced trained minimally invasive GYN surgical specialists don’t use power morcellation to perform DualPortGYN or LAAM.
For many women who had open surgeries for their hysterectomy, it’s surprising to hear that the procedure can be performed with 2 tiny 5MM incisions. Often times, patients who undergo advanced minimally invasive procedures hardly seem as though they’ve had the surgery at all.
Patients are their own best advocates. As more information becomes available online, it’s important to dig through the clutter and find a GYN surgical specialist who can handle those complex cases that other physicians may not have the experience to treat effectively. The CIGC GYN surgical specialists perform advanced gynecological procedures using techniques that are taught in fellowship training.
Given all of the information and enough time to make the right decision, women can have a more active role in the fate of their health, which is a far better scenario than remaining in the dark, wondering, worrying and not knowing who to trust for answers. Become an advocate for your own health.
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Early detection and treatment of endometrial cancer by an advanced fellowship-trained minimally invasive GYN surgeon is essential for the best recovery. Treatment has a very high success rate when the cancer is caught early.
Open, invasive GYN procedures are unnecessary and create longer recovery times. There are better options for women, and doctors should be encouraging their patients to have procedures that are less invasive.
Every woman is different. Hormone replacement therapy for menopause symptoms should be tailored to each woman to account for her age, health, and whether or not her uterus is intact, or a partial or full hysterectomy has been performed. Estrogen-only HRT is safer than combination HRT, but should only be taken by women who have had a hysterectomy.
When using a Robot to perform delicate GYN surgeries, there is a higher risk of complications compared to a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure, like the DualPortGYN approach.
