Questions - lap/hyst or just hyst

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All,

Sorry if you've already answered these questions - just trying to put

it all together.

I've been reading the posts for the past week, and everyone

recommends the lap/hyst as the most accurate way of diagnosing a SU

and potentially resecting it. When I met with the RE, he mentioned

just doing a hyst, and he did say that it would be a 2-D view, thus

very important not to cut too much as the uterine wall could be

weakened if he made it too thin. I didn't get the impression that

the combined lap/hyst was an option...? Did you all have that, where

they go in through the abdomen AND up through the cervix? If the doc

knows it is a SU, do they need to do the lap part?

Also, is an incompentent cervix one of the risks caused by having the

SU resected? I understand that being preg with a SU can cause the

cervix to open early due to lack of stretching, but is it a common

risk still after having it resected? Guess I'm wondering if you have

to prepare for all the risks AFTER having a SU resected.

Day and night I'm thinking about this...leaning toward having my SU

resected based on this board, even though I'm nervous about the

surgery.

Thanks,

Laurie, 32

SU

lost twins Goran (20 wks) and Darren (at birth, 27 wks) to TTTS