Abdominal Myomectomy - Removal of 18 fibroids from a 49 year old patient

Dr. William H. Parker of http://www.fibroidsecondopinion.com/ removes 18 fibroids from the uterus of a 49 year old patient during this open surgery. The size of these uterine fibroids made the uterus the equivalent size of a 20-week pregnancy. Because the patient wished to preserve her uterus, the operation performed was myomectomy was performed instead of a hysterectomy. The surgery was performed successfully through a bikini incision. The video has been edited to 5 minutes and shows two fibroids being removed, suture closure of the uterine muscle and the use of Seprafilm adhesion barriers. NOTE: This video is very graphic.

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[HerraProductions]

No women's should be told she has to have a hysterectomy for fibroids. Thank you for education people on this matter!

[HerraProductions]

I only have one large fibroid and was encouraged to have a hysterectomy as if "you don't need a uterus because you don't want more kids" If a man had a mass on his testicle they wouldn't cut off both nuts! I would like to keep my uterus! And, I am scheduled for myomectomy in 6 days!

[xPrettyThings87]

@HerraProductions yeh my dr told me i needed a hysterectomy ;( luckily my mom told me to go to a diff dr! and he said i didnt need to!

[Jennybear2003]

I am getting this done in about one month from now. I am 27 no children and two intramural fibroids one small and one 8cm left posterior wall of uterus down going toward the cervix. I have never had any surgery before and Im terrified!!! I was wondering if anyone knew if fibroids had any effect on pms the emotional part of pms? My periods are not extremely heavy or painful and in fact they are regular. The mood swings are just exhausting!!

[cherriesncarmel]

awww my sisters gettin this in march :(

[MSiarom]

@Nicole82170 Hello how was your surgery??? Please share details like the pre-surgery instructions, dieting, anesthesia. I hope you are doing great....wishing the best recovery

[rmuneton]

This seemed like a very very serious case! A vast majorty of women won't have to go through all of that!

[caligirl3000]

@beautifulyounglady83 I survived the surgery lol. Thanks for your well wishes. OMG still in alot of pain. Incision is healing slowly, just have to get rid of this dang muffin top now. I'm resting as much as I can & taking it easy. Hope you are recovering well from your surgery, don't overdo anything!!!!!

[Zxc1011123]

Fibroid tumor like to growing around uter area just showed, it is a hermon stimulation as the cause. Do not know if men have this kind of tumor too? Cause men and women hermon are different.

[beautifulyounglady83]

@caligirl3000 hey how did it go? Mine is in 2 days. Hope it went well!!

[beautifulyounglady83]

@HerraProductions I'm schedule for an abdominal myometcomy on Tuesday (just 2 days away) I agree with you about the testicle thing. I have one large fibroid also and am quite nervous about the surgery... anyway wishing you the best of luck with yours! :-)