Re: what is the liklihood of needing a 2nd septum surgery? HELP

[Guest guest]

that statistics in this field are not very good-- i

wouldnt rely on them. unfortunately i think youll just

have to wait and see. i think the real unknown is in

the development of scar tissue.

best wishes,

Heidi SU not resected

--- a559charlie mrobichaud@...> wrote:

> Just curious if there are any stats or %'s out there

> regarding the

> liklihood of needing a second surgery after your

> septum is removed? And

> when a second surgery IS needed, is it usually

> because all could not be

> removed the first time (and did they KNOW that the

> first time), scar

> tissue has formed, etc.. I had mine removed in July,

> my RE was

> confident that he had removed it all, a balloon cath

> was put in place

> for a week followed by a month of hormones, my RE

> says that it is very

> rare for a second surgery to need to be performed

> when they feel it was

> completely removed the first time, and a balloon and

> hormones are

> issued for healing. Is this accurate? It just seems

> that I hear alot on

> this board about second surgeries needing to be

> done, and it scares me.

> Is there any reason to think that this first surgery

> wasn't a

> success??? Any info is appreciated.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

hi

i can't help with the statistics either just tell you the specifics

of my case:

with my 1st surgery (lap/hyst/resection 3/05) the RE told me he had

removed 80% or maybe 90% of the septum -

i didn't think i'd need a 2nd one - after waiting for 2 cycles and

having a chemical pg i think the RE thinks i may end up doing IVF

and so 5 months after the 1st surgery i had the 2nd one - only

hysteroscopy with u/s guidance this time - he did see and removed

scar tissue and he also leveled whatever was left of the septum

(less than 1cm) - so now i should be scar-free and 100% septum-free -

almost as good as new - i hope we can conceive soon .... this is

gonna be our first cycle TTC after the 2nd surgery ...

we agreed with this dr that we were going to try the old fashioned

way for a few cycles but if i'm not pg by december/05 then we'll

discuss other options ..... getting pg *APPARENTLY* had not been my

issue so far BUT i'm not sure of ANYTHING now so we'll see .....

gabi, 38, SU

[Guest guest]

I have had mine done twice. AND, I was hesitant about it the second

time. My septum went all the way to my cervix. I understand the

process of " resecting " the septum is more like unzipping the

thing......and my Doc said that it can sometimes stick bad together

like velco.......it must happen because the balloon moves....or, in

my case, I don't think the balloon was big enough to do the job.

The HSG at the end of my firt surgery (July) looked great. However,

a second HSG a month later, showed the septum only slightly at the

top of the uterus.

I don't know the liklihood of having to have it done again. In

fact, before I came to this board, I didn't even know that might be

a possiblity. Of course, my Doctor told my husband after my first

surgery that it was a possiblility but, she didn't think I would

have to have it done a second time....however, it turned out that I

DID.

The second surgery was much shorter than the first (15 min).

However, a much larger balloon cath was inserted, and I had more

pain than the first time....It wasn't bad though. Once I got on a

regimen of pain killers, I was fine. That was a week ago. Today, I

feel great!

Just take things one day at a time, and see what happens. If you

have to have surgery again, I say " no big deal " ......better it is

done right than question if it would cause a problem with any future

pregnancies.

Good Luck....if you want to know more, just ask. I am happy to

share.

> Just curious if there are any stats or %'s out there regarding the

> liklihood of needing a second surgery after your septum is

removed? And

> when a second surgery IS needed, is it usually because all could

not be

> removed the first time (and did they KNOW that the first time),

scar

> tissue has formed, etc.. I had mine removed in July, my RE was

> confident that he had removed it all, a balloon cath was put in

place

> for a week followed by a month of hormones, my RE says that it is

very

> rare for a second surgery to need to be performed when they feel

it was

> completely removed the first time, and a balloon and hormones are

> issued for healing. Is this accurate? It just seems that I hear

alot on

> this board about second surgeries needing to be done, and it

scares me.

> Is there any reason to think that this first surgery wasn't a

> success??? Any info is appreciated.