I had a vaginal hysterectomy and when I kept having problems, my gyn did a laparoscopy. He found more endometriosis, polycystic ovaries and adhesions. Now, with the other problems, I can't say that the vaginal hysterectomy caused the adhesions. But, you could have enough going on inside that you could get adhesions anyway.....any kind of inflammation can trigger them. I do know that I had 3.5 wonderful years without adhesion pain before an ER doctor refused to get another surgeon with experience with laparoscopy to do my appendectomy. That started it all over again!
I do know that my gyn is very experienced in dealing with adhesions. Once he used a barrier, another time he didn't and neither of us could tell much difference. I think things just moved around too much for the barriers to stay where they are needed. Others on the board have had barriers, maybe someone else has had better luck.
Good Luck! kcmo rose
At Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Julie wrote:
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>Hello everyone its Julie again. I just got back from the doctor and she
>suggested that I have a hysterectomy on the 26th of this month. My
>doctor says I have adenomyosis and that is the cause of my pain. Now
>can a vaginal hysterectomy cause adhesions? The doctor said she was
>gonna put some type of wrap around my overies to keep them from getting
>adhesions and put something to hold my overies up. Does that sound
>right has anyone had this done and did it cause any relief? Im nervous I
>really dont want to cause more problems but she said that this is the
>only treatment for this problem. Thanks again.
>
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>Julie Morris
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