Re: Has any one been diagnosed with omental adhesions?
From: toni welsh (twelsh1@hotmail.com)
Mon Sep 10 22:03:56 2001
At Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Terry wrote:
>
>At Mon, 24 May 1999, Christine M. Smith wrote:
>>
>>At Sun, 23 May 1999, michele wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi-
>>>Surgery went well--still recovering in a nice hotel before going home.
>>>I'll find out more tomorrow, but I have a drawing from my sugeon who
>>>found very wispy adhesions on the omentum. My understanding is that the
>>>omentum is a fat layer that protects other organs. Is this abdominal in
>>>nature?
>>>
>>>Curious to find out more. Please post on forum. I am in between e-mail
>>>addresses and locations.
>>>
>>>Thanks for those who had positive thoughts.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Michele
>>>
>>The omentum is a kind of covering over the abdominal organs. I'm not
>>sure if it is fat, or some kind of tissue. I read that they actually
>>can use this tissue in skin grafts. I think I read this on a
>>cardiovascular surgery forum. I think I read that they harvest the
>>omentum to repair the surgical incision when necessary.
>>
>>The omentum was involved on my left side.I think it was attached to the
>>sigmoid colon.
>>
>>Hope you are recovering nicely from your surgery.
>>
>>Chris S.
>
>Looking for something on Rectal scar tissue as I have a friend that is
>having that problem after having 95% of her colon removed and cannot
>find anything on it anywhere.
>
>--
>Yours truly,
>Terry
>
Terry,
I do not think anything about the omentum, and I hope it is not needed.
The gyn removed the whole omentum from the bowel when he did my
surgeries. I was told it was just made of fat!
Toni