Posts by Youngwu Kim, MD
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Omission of Preoperative Internal Pelvic Exam May Not Affect Safety of Gender-affirming Hysterectomy
Ellen Murphy, MD, Youngwu Kim, MD, and Milena M. Weinstein, MD, present retrospective evidence that omitting a preoperative internal pelvic examination may be a clinically acceptable practice before gender-affirming hysterectomy (with or without vaginectomy) or vaginectomy alone.
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De Novo Stress Urinary Incontinence Common After Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy
Youngwu Kim, MD, Emily Von Bargen, DO, and colleagues found that of 169 stress-continent women who underwent minimally invasive sacrocolpopexy, 30 (18%) developed stress urinary incontinence (SUI). An existing calculator for determining the risk of postoperative de novo SUI performed moderately well in the cohort.
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Telemedicine Well Accepted in Urogynecology Clinic Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Physicians in the Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery Program at Massachusetts General Hospital found that 81% of patients reported no trouble with telemedicine technology early in the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time period, 89% of patients were willing to continue telemedicine regardless of age or difficulty with the technology.
Biography
Youngwu Kim, MD, is an obstetrician-gynecologist in the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School.
Obstetrics & Gynecology Care at Mass General
The Mass General Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology offers the highest level of care to women. Our clinical and research team is a leader in advancing treatments for gynecologic cancers, menopause, high-risk obstetrics, infertility and urogynecology.