Re: Surgery In August

From: doreen ahearn (dahearn813@comcast.net)
Sun Jul 9 19:37:13 2006


At Fri, 30 Jun 2006, sdh wrote: >
>Hi Everyone-
>I am having my fifth surgery in August to remove colon adhesions, and I
>am a little concerned about the procedure to remove them. I have had
>four operations in the past two years to remove adhesions, (one of them
>being a hysterectomy)and all of the operations were laparoscopies. Since
>having the hysterectomy and having my condition worsen, I went to doctor
>after doctor to get their opinions on adhesiolysis. The general
>consensus from all of these doctors was that they felt that the only way
>to really remove adhesions and see all of them was to perform a
>laparotomy, which is a completely open surgery.
>
>The doctor that I am seeing now, and having surgery with in August feels
>that he can get rid of all of the adhesions laparoscopically. He has a
>wonderful reputation, and has a lot of experience with adhesion
>patients, so I have a lot of confidence in him, but I am starting to
>wonder if maybe I should have a laparotomy instead of a laparoscopy
>because of all of the other opinions I got. Have any of you gotten
>longterm relief from adhesion removal laparoscopically? I would hate to
>have another operation only to get them back again and wind up having
>the open surgery anyway. Please let me know if you've gotten any relief
>from the laparoscopy or the laparotomy.
>Thanks!
>
>--
>sdh
>

dear sdh: i have been suffering with ard for over sixteen years. i am having a procedure next week and the one thing i have learned is that if you can avoid a laparotomy you should. i have had too many procedures to count and the only ones that brought relief and results were done with the scope. when you have the open incision you stand a greated chance that more foreign objects like powder from gloves and enviromental elements in the or can enter the abdominal cavity and increase the chance for adhesion growth. the scope is always the best option. good luck!!

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doreen

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