KENDALL, Fla. – Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute is the first in the southeast region to complete a delicate procedure called ' uterine transposition’ on a cancer patient.
Dr. Jean-Marie Stephan said the procedure preserves fertility for women of childbearing age by sparing the uterus from radiation exposure.
“So, what we do is we relocated the uterus from the pelvis all the way up to the upper abdomen and move it outside of the radiation field and by changing the anatomical location of the uterus we’re able to let this patient get her cancer treatment and down the line reposition the uterus in a correct anatomical location for her to be able to carry pregnancies,” he said.
The procedure was done at Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute on a 29-year-old woman with rectal cancer.
WOMEN REPORT PREGNANCY MISTREATMENT
More than one in eight women say they felt they were mistreated during childbirth according to a new study from Columbia University.
The study found that mistreatment was a “regular occurrence.”
Some said they felt ignored or that their requests for help were denied.
Others said they were shouted at or scolded, and some said they were threatened to have treatment withheld or were forced to accept treatment they did not want.
People who were unmarried, obese, have substance abuse disorders and those who identify as LQBTQ+ reported the highest numbers of mistreatment.
WEGOVY IMPACT ON HEALTH
In a recent study researchers found the weight loss drug Wegovy offered health benefits to people with diabetes and a common form of heart failure.
This comes on the heels of a study conducted late last fall that showed Wegovy helped people with heart failure, but researchers did not examine the drug’s impact on diabetics.
The new study now offers further proof that Wegovy’s benefits extend to those patients.