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PLEASE ANSWER!! no one will answer me.. lol
I hate to be a pain about this but no one can answer me and I find conflicting things on the internet. I had my LEEP yesterday and I am concerned that I received a cone biopsy. I have a unique situation where my regular OB moved and another doctor is covering his patients until they get a new physician in their office. My regular OB and staff made it seem like a LEEP and a cone biopsy were two completely different things, saying they wouldn't give me a cone biopsy because I am 25 with no children yet and a LEEP would be less invasive. However yesterday when they were hooking me up to the IV's (they give LEEPs here in the same day surgery center, and knock you out with general anesthesia) I noticed "cone biopsy" on my paper and immediately started crying and freaking out. They had the doctor performing the surgery come talk to me and in his rude tone told me that a LEEP and cone biopsy are the same thing?! I see things on the internet that they are different and then I see things that they are the same. Does anyone know the answer to this?!
why dont you call around a couple diff dr offices and do some research that way. That is what i did when i didn't hear the info i wanted, i just called and got other professionals oppinions and most of the time the nurse may know, just start out by saying im having a prob and may switch my dr, so i wanted to know if you can help me out.
Either way im sure everything will be okay. Good luck, ill try and digg up some infor for you with my research skills!
Either way im sure everything will be okay. Good luck, ill try and digg up some infor for you with my research skills!
They do not hook you up to anything when you have a LEEP. They give you numbing stuff with a needle "down there". I had one when I was about 20 and they burned out cancer causing cells...you can actually... (tmi) smell burning flesh. This website should give you all the info you need.
http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/surgery/a/leepprocedure.htm
http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/surgery/a/leepprocedure.htm
opps - 3rd paragraph should read:
"So.... a cone biopsy might be considered synonymous with a LEEP (if LEEP is used to remove the tissue for the cone biopsy) but a LEEP isnt necessarily the same thing as a cone biopsy. If "cone biopsy" was written on your paperwork then it sounds like that is what was done and it was performed using LEEP."
"So.... a cone biopsy might be considered synonymous with a LEEP (if LEEP is used to remove the tissue for the cone biopsy) but a LEEP isnt necessarily the same thing as a cone biopsy. If "cone biopsy" was written on your paperwork then it sounds like that is what was done and it was performed using LEEP."
This is my understanding from research I have done but I am nothing close to a medical expert.
A cone biopsy is a procedure in which a cone-shaped piece of tissue is removed from the cervix. There are three ways in which this can be achieved and a LEEP is one of them. A LEEP can also be used to remove smaller, less deep, tissue samples which are not cone shaped and will be less invasive than a LEEP used for a cone biopsy.
So.... a cone biopsy might be considered synonymous with a LEEP (if LEEP is used to remove the tissue for the cone biopsy) but a LEEP isnt necessarily the same thing as a cone biopsy using the LEEP. If "cone biopsy" was written on your paperwork then it sounds like that is what was done and it was performed using LEEP.
Sorry I cant be of more help. If you have any concerns about this you need to call the doctor who performed the surgery to get answers to your questions. They will be able to tell you exactly what you need to know.
A cone biopsy is a procedure in which a cone-shaped piece of tissue is removed from the cervix. There are three ways in which this can be achieved and a LEEP is one of them. A LEEP can also be used to remove smaller, less deep, tissue samples which are not cone shaped and will be less invasive than a LEEP used for a cone biopsy.
So.... a cone biopsy might be considered synonymous with a LEEP (if LEEP is used to remove the tissue for the cone biopsy) but a LEEP isnt necessarily the same thing as a cone biopsy using the LEEP. If "cone biopsy" was written on your paperwork then it sounds like that is what was done and it was performed using LEEP.
Sorry I cant be of more help. If you have any concerns about this you need to call the doctor who performed the surgery to get answers to your questions. They will be able to tell you exactly what you need to know.
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