Guest guest Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 Rhonda Could try looking up Reproductive Endos in your city in the phone book or if you give your city someone might know Is the hspital he uses a good one? Try asking what RE have priviledges there or at any hospital you chose...blame it on insurance if they give you a run around not sure what the cell saver is specificly...as in how it is used some docs use them some don't --- MMECURIE@... wrote: > On Monday, I went to a new gyno about my fibroids > and he mentioned he used a > " cell saver " . Does anyone know exactly what is a > cell saver and what it does? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 2004 Report Share Posted June 2, 2004 Hi! A cell saver is used to capture the blood lost from surgery and then it is given back to the patient via transfusion after the surgery is over. Have you looked into UFE? I had the procedure done 4 weeks ago and it was by far the best decision for me. I had 4 fibroids and the largest one was 10cmx4cm. Good luck, Janet MMECURIE@... wrote: Hi all, On Monday, I went to a new gyno about my fibroids and he mentioned he used a " cell saver " . Does anyone know exactly what is a cell saver and what it does? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 8, 2004 Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 > Hi all, > > On Monday, I went to a new gyno about my fibroids and he mentioned he used a > " cell saver " . Does anyone know exactly what is a cell saver and what it does? > When I had my myo a number of years ago, my Dr. ( Marlow of Washington DC) told me the same thing, and when I asked around I could find very few people who knew anything about it. It apparently is a machine that collects some/all parts of the blood you lose during surgery and in the event you need a transfusion, you get your own blood back. OTOH, Dr M was a little vague about whether I should also donate blood for myself pre-surgery, so I did that also. I'm not sure why it seems so little known. S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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