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Medical Author:

Harish M Sehdev, MD

Coauthor:

Ram Duriseti, MD

Medical Editor:

Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Dr. Balentine received his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduating in1983. He completed his internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia and his Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where he served as chief resident.

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Medications

• If the problem is simply inadequate postoperative pain control, proper pain medication will be prescribed.

• If a simple bladder infection, an uncomplicated kidney infection, or a simple wound infection is present, appropriate antibiotics will likely be given and an appointment for a follow-up evaluation will be made.

• If a clot is in the leg and it has not moved anywhere, then the woman may be either admitted to the hospital or sent home with appropriate anti-clotting injections (varies from hospital to hospital).