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3/10/2005 What the heck?

OK, maybe this is weird.
I'm proud of it because it was an innovative medical procedure.
My operating partner thought it was novel, effective improvisation and, well, yes, weird.
Anybody wanna' tell me what I did here?


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Nikonmojo 14-Apr-2005 03:32
So, this cyst was on the uterus?
vernix09-Apr-2005 14:56
Close.
It's a benign cystic teratoma, also known as a dermoid.

I took it out of a child. It was a bit bigger that the incision.
Rather than enlarge the abdominal wall incision, enlarging the scar she will have, I had to be improvisational.
That white handled thing is a fetal vacuum extractor, engineered to place traction on a fetal scalp thereby enabling an otherwise unsuccessful vaginal delivery.
I sucked it right out.

BTW, it's filled with teeth and hair and a bit of brain tissue, as is quite typical.
It was a blond.
:)
Mike 30-Mar-2005 01:49
I'm going to guess a laparoscopic hysterectomy. If that's what this is then I am impressed. I say this as a Physician Assistant who used to work as an OR Tech in OB/GYN. I'm "nikonmojo" from the DP Review forum.