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OB/GYN Offers New Procedures
Brattleboro Obstetrics and Gynecology is now offering
two new surgical techniques for area women.
One of the new services being performed by BMH obstetrician/gynecologist
James Bunker, MD, can help stem the problem of incontinence
using a relatively new minimally invasive procedure.
This clinically-proven system, called Gynecare TVT,
helps stop urine leakage the way the body was designed
to – by supporting the urethra. Appropriate for
certain women with stress urinary incontinence, it takes
about 30 minutes to complete and features a short recovery
period with minimal discomfort. Because it can be performed
as an outpatient procedure, patients can return home
the day of surgery. The TVT procedure is covered by
most insurance plans.
The other new procedure offered at Brattleboro OB/GYN
by both Dr. Bunker and Judith McBean, MD, is a new tubal
ligation treatment called Essure®. This procedure
is different than the traditional method of a surgical
tubal ligation. There are no incisions because the doctor
inserts special coils called micro-inserts by going
through the body’s natural pathways such as the
vagina, cervix, and uterus in order to reach the fallopian
tubes. The procedure takes about 20 minutes, can also
be performed as an outpatient procedure, and there is
minimal to no discomfort afterwards. In fact, most women
return to normal activity within a day of surgery.
Essure® is also the first and only FDA approved
female sterilization procedure to have zero pregnancies
in the clinical trials. Unlike birth control pills,
patches, rings, and some forms of IUDs, it does not
contain hormones to interfere with normal menstrual
cycles, and periods should more or less continue in
their natural state. Three months following the procedure,
the patient will have a special type of X-ray to confirm
that the tubes are completely blocked and that the birth
control is successful.
For more information about these new and innovative
procedures, call Brattleboro Obstetrics and Gynecology
at 802-251-9965.
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