Seprafilm.....7 reasons NOT to use...and...and only 1 reason that MAY help!!

From: Helen Dynda (olddad66@runestone.net)
Fri May 11 10:07:30 2001


BE WARY OF SURGEONS, WHO SAY THEY CAN APPLY SEPRAFILM LAPAROSCOPICALLY!!!

||| Reasons NOT to have Seprafilm used as an adhesion barrier:

1.) Seprafilm can NOT be applied laparoscopically!

2.) Seprafilm has NOT been approved by the FDA to be applied laparoscopically!

3.) Seprafilm is brittle ( somewhat like waxed paper ) and very difficult for the surgeon to use!

4.) Any moisture on Seprafilm makes it sticky -- causing it to stick to surgeon's gloves -- which also makes it very difficult to apply!

5.) For all of the above reasons, the BEST surgeons have decided to NOT use an adhesion barrier.

6.) Any infection or inflammation within the abdominal/pelvic cavity CAN cause MORE adhesions to develop!

7.) The way each person's body accepts a foreign substance or adhesion barrier IS DIFFERENT!! Some people are ALLERGIC to adhesion barriers, like Seprafilm, Interceed and the NEW Intergel gel adhesion barrier. I know of one person, who is allergic to ALL three adhesion barriers!!!

||| ONLY ONE REASON TO USE SEPRAFILM:

1.) The FDA has approved Seprafilm for LAPAROTOMY surgery ONLY!!!!!!!

THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES THAT SEPRAFILM WILL PREVENT ADHESIONS FROM FORMING ( de nova adhesions) OR RE-FORMING!!!!!!!


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