I wish sometimes that medicine was more like engineering. In engineering there are lots of straight lines and right angles. You can usually describe any problem with specific equations and most of the time there is clearly one right answer. Unfortunately, medicine is not engineering. There are some questions that cannot so easily be answered with a definitive "yes or no." My wife is an engineering PhD, so I can easily understand why very intelligent people can just want to scream when faced with some of the uncertainty inherent in medicine...especially...
jeudi 16 septembre 2010
Question 36. Do I need endometriosis surgery if I am already planning to pursue IVF?
Posted on 13:32 by Unknown
Question 37. What is the difference (if any) between intrauterine insemination and artificial insemination?
Posted on 13:29 by Unknown
What's in a name? Sometimes not much I guess and certainly we throw around medical jargon quite freely in our practice sometimes forgetting that all this can be quite confusing to patients. I recently had a patient that came in requesting IUI with ICSI. She was very frustrated when I explained that you really cannot do ICSI unless you do IVF. However, she was adamant that she didn't want IVF with ICSI she wanted IUI with ICSI. I just was unable to make her understand the difference between IUI, IVF and ICSI. Oh well, she probably posted on some...
jeudi 9 septembre 2010
Question 35. Are there medical treatments for endometriosis?
Posted on 13:46 by Unknown
Occasionally I am asked to see a patient with endometriosis who is not interested in fertility. Although I can certainly manage these patients, I honestly think that they are better served by going to a non-fertility clinic RE. Our practice is pretty much 100% geared to the needs of fertility patients and I wonder if those patients who are not seeking pregnancy ultimately feel like a fish out of water in our waiting room....Fortunately there are some effective medical treatments for endometriosis. Unfortunately, all of these treatments shut down...
vendredi 3 septembre 2010
Question 34. Does surgery for endometriosis improve pregnancy rates?
Posted on 10:42 by Unknown
Where does all the time go? Seems like just yesterday that I was writing the last post before I went on vacation and now I realize that a whole month has passed. You may have wondered "where is Dr. Gordon?" "Why hasn't he posted a new blog that will make our day a little brighter and put a little more zip in our step?" "Why do the 6 of us keep reading this blog if he doesn't care enough about us to spend just a few minutes posting his words of wisdom?" "Why didn't I buy Apple stock at $25?" Wait that last question is the one that I keep asking...
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