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...appropriate. Sterilization is now a daytime procedure. My patients come and leave. Hysterectomy, on the other hand, is a major operation and should be done for more legitimate reasons that a patient's desire not to have a uterus or a doctor's desire to enrich himself," Dr. Paul Winig, Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology, said...
...Winig said that UHS, which established its gynecology department in 1973, has no history of sterilization abuse. UHS's two gynecologists perform sterilizations only by informed consent...
...Winig says he offers advice to those unsure about birth control after what he calls the "front-line"--the internists and Bisbee--talk to the patients. Winig says he recommends IUDs as good alternatives to the pill or the diaphragm, and finds that two-thirds of the women to whom he has given IUDs are happy with them. Only one-third have asked for them to be removed, he says. The removal is a far easier process than insertion; the UHS emergency room can remove them if necessary, Winig says...
...regardless of Winig's endorsement, the doctors downstairs don't encourage women to ask for IUDs, especially if the woman has not had childbirth. "I'm not very fond of the IUD," says Blevins. "I don't think women tolerate their IUDs very well. I could learn to put them...
...policy of inserting IUDs only when women are menstruating makes it even more difficult to procure IUDs. It hurts too much to put them in when the cervix isn't dilated, Winig says. Because women can schedule appointments only one time during four-week periods, and because the gynecologists must frequently cancel appointments to deliver babies--about 30 per month--women can wait for months before they finally see a gynecologist. Winig, however, says he was unaware that many women have had difficulty procuring IUDs until interviewed, and says he may bring the problem up at a UHS board meeting...