Melissa's surgery team for her bariatric surgery was led by UI bariatric surgeon Jessica Smith, MD. The Roux-en Y procedure was a success, and Melissa was able to go home the next day. "Melissa's story is a perfect example of how bariatric surgery can be the additional tool so many patients need to be successful with long-term weight loss," Smith says. Melissa would recommend the UI Bariatric Surgery Clinic to anyone who's serious about weight-loss surgery and the commitment that comes both before and after the procedure.
Barb Miller didn't think her breast cancer diagnosis was routine or ordinary, so she didn't want her care to be routine or ordinary, either. At Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center-Iowa's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center-cancer experts work in teams called multidisciplinary oncology groups. The counselors help patients assemble a medical and family history and advise them as they process crucial information revealed by the tests, such as how to manage the patient's future cancer risk as well as any cancer risk for the patient's family.
We learned we were pregnant after just one round of IVF (we know we are lucky) and were expecting a baby in May of 2017. Once we were released from the infertility care team, we were told to find an obstetrician. We have a lot of options in the area, but I chose to continue my prenatal care at UI Health Care.
Placenta accreta is a life-threatening condition where the placenta attaches too deep in the uterine wall. Most of the time, a hysterectomy is the only way to stop the hemorrhaging since the placenta does not want to pull away from the uterus. The physicians would not know how bad a placenta accreta was until they were performing the C-section.
