Dr. Tsapanos

[Guest guest]

Dear all,

Some time ago I think Corinna posted an article by a medical team in Greece on

the use of seprafilm, a method of preventing the development of Ashermans after

D & C. I and Poly decided to contact Dr. Tsapanos, who seemed to be the main

doctor of the team, and here I am copying my correspondence with him. How

would you advice me to proceed? Apparently Dr. Tsapanos does not have any

direct plans in doing research on Ashermans. Do you think it would be worth

giving him the chance to become a member of ProfASHelp group so that he could

exchange opinions or learn from other doctors? I would be happy to know what do

you all think,

Best,

Jilly

Dear Mrs.Traganou,

It was a very nice surprise to hear from you and your

group. I would be very glad to obtain more information

about your group and of course to join you in your

noble efforts. Asherman’s Syndrome is a field of

interest in which I spent some time to try a simple

idea about Seprafilm but I’m not a specialist on this

subject. On the contrary, my particular occupation is

obstetrics and maternal-fetal medicine. However I

would feel very proud if I could deal with interests

and problems of such a group and help somehow, but

take also in account that I’m not very familiar with

computers, news groups, chats etc. Thank you very much

for sending me your e-mail.

Sincerely yours,

Vassilios Tsapanos, MD

Ass.Prof.Ob/Gyn,Mat-Fetal Medicine

Patras Univ., Greece

--- Jilly Traganou wrote:

> Dear Dr. Tsapanos,>

> I am a Greek woman who currently lives in Austin, Texas.

> Two years ago I was

> diagnosed with Ashermans Syndrome which was caused

> by an aggressive D & C

> that followed the birth of my daughter due to

> retained placenta. I recently

> read your paper on the use of Seprafilm and I

> understand that you have an

> interest in Ashermans prevention.

>

> I am writing in order to inform you about Ashermans

> Group, an e-mail group

> consisted of sufferers of Ashermans syndrome that

> was founded by a Cypriot

> woman named Poly Spyrou. Our group has currently 217

> members from a variety

> of countries, who have been diagnosed with Ashermans

> syndrome but do not

> want to give up the possibility of fertility. Indeed

> many of our members

> have been successful in restoring their uterus and

> achieving successful

> pregnancies with the help of experienced doctors.

> However it is our

> understanding that research in this area is still

> quite poor. In parallel,

> we feel that the causes of the syndrome should gain

> greater visibility

> between doctors and women who may have a D & C

> at any point of their

> reproductive life without knowing the disastrous

> effect that it may have.

> Moreover, we would like to inform fellow

> co-sufferers that they should not

> give up, as most regular ob/gyns would advise, as

> there are great

> possibilities of cure. Our group has a web-site with

> a database that

> contains each member's background, surgeries,

> succeeded pregnancies and

> other information that you may find useful if you

> wish to undertake a

> research on this area

> (http://www.ashermans.freeservers.com). Also, we

> have a sub-group in which physicians answer

> questions of our members on

> related issues.

>

> Please let me know if you would be interested in

> obtaining more information

> about us,

>

> Sincerely,

>

>

> Jilly Traganou,