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kristen · 10-01-2005, 04:48 PM

Hi Sonya,

Your not ignorant. I had to find the brochure to find out the correct name for it! It's called a Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy. It is where they will make 3 little incisions, one by the belly button to snip the uterus and one on each side to snip the ovaries and then they pull it out through the vagina. It is supposed to be a lot less painful and have a shorter recovery time. It also has can assist the doctor in looking in there first to see if anything is wrong and if so, if it is not the best course of action, they can go ahead and do an abdominal hysterectomy.

10-01-2005, 04:48 PM	#6
kristen Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 202	Hi Sonya, Your not ignorant. I had to find the brochure to find out the correct name for it! It's called a Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy. It is where they will make 3 little incisions, one by the belly button to snip the uterus and one on each side to snip the ovaries and then they pull it out through the vagina. It is supposed to be a lot less painful and have a shorter recovery time. It also has can assist the doctor in looking in there first to see if anything is wrong and if so, if it is not the best course of action, they can go ahead and do an abdominal hysterectomy. __________________ Take care, k DX: 10/29/03-Stage IIB, 3/12 nodes +, er/pr-, Grade 3 MRM: 11/07/03 TX: TCH-BRICG Study-6 tx's; 12/15/03 Herceptin; til 12/14/04 Rads: 30 days BRCA neg S-Gap: 12/15/04 Oct 05: LAVH NED