At Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Judy Kemp wrote:
>
>It is not uncommon to have surgical clamps left in place, in fact, it
>is protocol (and very very common) to leave them in. It is faster in
>the OR to use surgical clamps as opposed to suture, the main difference
>being you can see the clamps (as they are metal) on scans as opposed to
>suture that does not show up. It is reasonable to think you have your
>pain on that side not because you have clamps there, but because that
>is where you were operated on and therefore that is where you have
>adhesions. Take care, judy
>On Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 11:53 AM, Teri wrote:
>
>> I went about a week ago for a CT scan because I'm still having pain
>> even
>> after two surgeries for the adhesions in my pelvic area and I was
>> reading the radiologist report that stated there were surgical clamps
>> present. I was just wondering if this is normal, since it's the side I
>> hurt on?
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>> Teri
>>
>> http://www.adhesions.org/forums/listcmds.htm
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