http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/04/14/patient-shave-operating-room/ Former Patient And Author, Adam Pick, Blogs About Heart Valve Replacement And Heart Valve Repair Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/04/14/patient-shave-operating-room/comment-page-1/#comment-20633 Greg Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:53:49 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/04/14/patient-shave-operating-room/#comment-20633 Why do they need to shave your PUBIC hair for a heart valve surgery? I understand the obvious need to shave the chest. But why the pubes and legs? I think their answer would be "so no stray hairs get into the open heart cavity". But seriously, aren't you draped except for the heart area? How would a stray pube fall out and fall in? Doesn't make sense. How often would that happen? Maybe one in 10,000? Why do they need to shave your PUBIC hair for a heart valve surgery? I understand the obvious need to shave the chest. But why the pubes and legs? I think their answer would be “so no stray hairs get into the open heart cavity”. But seriously, aren’t you draped except for the heart area? How would a stray pube fall out and fall in? Doesn’t make sense. How often would that happen? Maybe one in 10,000?

]]> http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/04/14/patient-shave-operating-room/comment-page-1/#comment-8832 Clay Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:37:22 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2008/04/14/patient-shave-operating-room/#comment-8832 Why didn't they send a male nurse to shave you? I prefer death to having a perverted nurse shave my privates. I would only let a male nurse shave me if it was absolutely necessary and would NEVER let a woman anywhere near that area. Why didn’t they send a male nurse to shave you? I prefer death to having a perverted nurse shave my privates. I would only let a male nurse shave me if it was absolutely necessary and would NEVER let a woman anywhere near that area.

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