Seprafilm...6 reasons NOT to use Seprafilm -- only 1 reason Seprafilm MAY help...

From: Helen Dynda (olddad66@runestone.net)
Fri May 11 11:00:05 2001


WARNING: CHOOSE YOUR SURGEON VERY CAREFULLY!!! BE WARY OF SURGEONS, who say they can apply Seprafilm laparoscopically!!!

1.) The FDA has approved the use of Seprafilm for LAPAROTOMY PROCEDURES ONLY!!

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

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||| There are SIX ( 6 ) reasons NOT to have your surgeon apply Seprafilm:

1.) Seprafilm CANNOT be applied laparoscopically!

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

3.) Any moisture on Seprafilm makes it very sticky for the surgeon to use ( it sticks to the surgeon's gloves ) making it VERY DIFFICULT for the surgeon to apply!

4.) ANY BLOOD or other FOREIGN MATERIAL left in the abdominal/pelvic cavity will NOT ONLY cause infection and inflammation; BUT ALSO will cause MORE adhesions to form; AND the application of Seprafilm will create a breeding ground for MORE adhesions to form!! When these conditions are present, the use of Seprafilm WILL NOT be effective!!

5.) The way each person's body accepts a foreign substance or adhesion barrier IS DIFFERENT!! Some people are ALLERGIC to many things: including the current adhesion barriers: Seprafilm, Interceed, and Intergel gel adhesion barrier. I know of one person, who is allergic to ALL THREE adhesion barriers!!!

6.) THE BEST SURGEONS have made a decision to NOT USE any adhesion barrier -- for all of the above reasons!!!!!!!

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||| There is ONLY ONE ( 1 ) reason to use Seprafilm:

1.) ONLY IF the surgeon is VERY METICULOUS in his/her clean-up at the conclusion of the surgery, Seprafilm CAN BE effective in laparotomy procedures

There are far TOO MANY SURGEONS, who do A SLOPPY CLEAN-UP JOB at the conclusion of the surgery:; which MAY SAVE TIME for the surgeon; BUT creates an environment that WILL CAUSE MORE ADHESIONS for the patient !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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