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Laproscopic Surgery to Remove Fallopian Tube
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01-18-2008, 03:17 PM
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Posts: 27
Hysterectomy:
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Removed both
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Laproscopic Surgery to Remove Fallopian Tube
I had some masses show up on an ultrasound in late October, which resulted in laproscopic surgery and D&C to further diagnose my condition. There was one area of concern, now believe to be fluid in one of my fallopian tubes that the docs thing is likely to be endometriosis. There was endometriosis diagnosed during the initial surgery.
The initial recommendation after the surgery was a open abdominal hysterectomy to take everything since I have fibroids, endo and this tube issue. Today, I heard they now think they can remove the area of concern (tube) laproscopically, which is a much better option.
Has anyone had such a procedure done to remove a tube and/or ovary and what was your experience? Both my primary GYN and an oncology GYN will be doing this procedure.
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01-19-2008, 04:39 AM
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Posts: 4,735
Hysterectomy: June 8th, 2004
Surgery Type: SAH
Ovaries: Removed both
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Laproscopic Surgery to Remove Fallopian Tube
Hi,
I haven't had this experience, but I'm wondering.....if they do the surgery laproscopically, will they be able to remove the endo and the fibroids?
Do you have a surgery date?
Best,
k9
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01-19-2008, 03:03 PM
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Posts: 27
Hysterectomy:
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Laproscopic Surgery to Remove Fallopian Tube
Hi K9:
The surgery that is being proposed is only to address the fallopian tube. They did take out some implants of the endo found during the November surgery and the endometriosis was limited from what they saw. The surgery will not address the fibroids, which are not causing me a lot of problems. If they do find cancer, then the full hysterectomy will have to happen.
I don't have a surgery date yet as I am working on my support system for this but do think it will be late March.
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01-20-2008, 06:38 AM
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Hysterectomy: June 8th, 2004
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Laproscopic Surgery to Remove Fallopian Tube
Beth,
Do the doctors still think there is a chance of there being fallopian cancer?
I would hope that if they go in laproscopically and find cancer that they are prepared to do at least exploratory abdominal surgery to see if there is cancer anywhere else?
k9
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01-20-2008, 07:56 AM
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Posts: 27
Hysterectomy:
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Removed both
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Laproscopic Surgery to Remove Fallopian Tube
Yes, doing open abdominal surgery to remove the tube and taking everything out and checking to make sure there is nothing else is an option-the most aggressive option.
The second option is to take out the tube laproscopically to make sure there is no cancer. If there is, the full surgery will follow. If not, then I will move on and probably be monitored. Second most aggressive option.
My third option is for them to just keep an eye on the hydrosalphinx and run periodic CA 125 tests to check to make sure things are not growing/getting bigger. Least aggressive approach.
Fallopian tube cancer is very rare and therefore, there are not good stats around this. The gyn oncologist says if it cancer and metasizes, it will behave like ovarian cancer. I have also talked to a couple women on Cancercompass.com whom have fallopian tube cancer and they have given me some good insights too!
My gyn told me this week if he really thought this was cancer, he would be on my case every day about this. But he said they don't take anything lightly and do feel getting the tube out is the best way to answer the question without giving me a major surgery that I am trying to avoid. I have concerns if there is endo in there and fluid accumulating, if that gets too big and bursts, I am going to have other problems to deal with (like a rupture fallopian tube).
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