http://www.adhesions.com/incidence.html
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At Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Alice wrote:
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>I'm 39 years old and desire pregnancy. My reproductive endocrinologist
>is recommending a 2nd laparotomy (my first was 7 years ago) to remove my
>5 5cm fibroids before attempting it. In spite of the fact that this
>surgeon is very skilled and will be using adhesion barriers, I'm still
>being told to plan on using invitro fertilization due to risk of
>adhesions with this upcoming surgery. What is the chance (as a
>percentage) of those adhesions causing serious long-term pain and/or
>bowel obstruction? I'm mostly pain free now and don't want that to
>change! I have to make a decision soon.
>
>Thanks.