@fdixon63
Honestly, I can’t say for sure. Back in the day (50 years ago), doctors told you what to do and you did it. They didn’t tell you why or what they were doing. I was told I had to get the “procedure” so I did. It was done in a hospital and I was in at least for one overnight. I was maybe 20 years old.
To give you perspective, after many UTIs, I showed symptoms of a UTI when I was visiting my parents in a different state. I went to my mom’s doctor and explained what was going on. He prescribed me something but not my usual meds. When I got back to my home, things got worse. I went to my doctor and showed her what I had been taking. She was horrified because mom’s doctor prescribed a placebo and now I had a kidney infection as well. At that same time in my life, I went to a doctor at a San Francisco hospital because I was that sick and it was a weekend (clinics not open). I had never had a doctor EVER do this before or since and it took me by surprise - but to examine me for a UTI, he gave me a digital vaginal AND anal exam - no nurse present and no culture or urine sample taken. At the time I was 19-20. I was naive, alone and vulnerable. I still feel violated. At least he gave me the proper antibiotic. You can see why I have a very low opinion of some doctors. These are just a few of my many bad doctor stories. I avoided all male doctors for a long, long time until I moved up North where you are lucky to see any doctor, so no choice. I lucked out because most were good.