Ground breaking new surgery

[Maine Sail]

I don't normally post here but here it goes..

Surgeons remove healthy kidney through donor's vagina (LINK) (http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/03/kidney.vagina.surgery/index.html)



I guess maybe I'm just twisted but my first though was "This is like repairing your car's engine through the muffler" or "wonder if I could change my impeller through my wet exhaust?":doh::doh::D:D

Ok take me out back and beat me....:eek::eek:

[Ctskip]

I lurk here often and find it quite amusing. Thanks for the contribution for our entertainment and enlightenment.

When it comes to surgery, the medical field has come leaps and bounds in the last ten years or so. Great strides have been taken and more are on the horizon. That is as long as we don't socialize the medical profession. But thats another subject.

Lets get back to something that we have a part in (PI). The vagina and removing parts through our natural openings. Doctors, for some time, have been doing brain surgery through the nose opening. Working through the vagina is wonderful as long as when they are finished they give the stitches a little "extra " tug on their way out. We'll all like that some. Well, most of us anyway. Some need the room.

Keep it up,
Ctskip

[Maine Sail]

Working through the vagina is wonderful as long as when they are finished they give the stitches a little "extra " tug on their way out. We'll all like that some. Well, most of us anyway. Some need the room.

Keep it up,
Ctskip

Ah yes the ubiquitous "extra stitch"...!!:D:D

[Don-MT]

the cattle industry has been spaying heifers vaginally for many years. Yearling heifer’s ovaries are the size of a peanut. A tool (see link) is inserted vaginally and is guided with the other arm inserted in the rectum. Once the ovaries are found the tool pierces the vaginal wall and each ovary is removed. Since the vagina is a sterile environment and the vaginal wall is very pliable no sutures are used and infections are rarely a problem. It is a simple procedure that is done without the use of anesthesia. With a qualified vet it takes about 30 – 45 seconds per animal. The vet is usually done with the procedure before the other guys at the chute have vaccinated and tagged the animal. We can easily spay 300+ heifers in a 5 hr day and have had only one “problem” in the past 6-7 years. Unlike a “standard” spaying operation where incisions in made in the flank of the animal and at least 5 sutures (internal and external) are used to close the wound, there are no issues with flies or infections.
One hint, DO NOT suggest this procedure if your wife is thinking about getting her tubes tied.

http://spaytool.com/how_it_works.php (http://spaytool.com/how_it_works.php)

Shine On!
Don