At Thu, 31 May 2012, IAS Admin wrote:
>
>Finally an answer- Annie's message about SprayShield (see editorial note
>afterwards about SprayShield status)
>
>(Annie has asked us to post the following message:)
>
>Had adhesiolysis done with Dr. Jens Pagels in 2010. There was an initial
>adhesiolysis done with Sprayshield, and Covidien the pharmaceutical maker
>was present. Four weeks later a second look was done and there was no
>indication of any adhesions, Covidien was also present. Prior to this
>adhesiolysis, I had an operation done in the U.S. with no barriers, and an
>unnecessary resection also done, because the sigmoid was kinked with
>adhesions, and I had difficulty defecating.
>
>Had I gone to Germany originally, none of this would have happened. The
>adhesions would have been removed and Sprayshield applied. It would appear
>that two years later I still have no internal adhesions, because after a
>colonoscopy, the GI MD. stated that the colon behaved as a normal colon,
not
>one that was adhered in any way.
>
>Surgery is cheaper in Germany, but your insurance may not pay. I can
>substantiate that Dr. Jens Pagels is the ONLY surgeon I would use.
>Sprayshield is not available here. Covidien has chosen to market it only in
>Europe. It is very easy to have surgery done by Dr. Pagels. St. Joseph
>Moers, where he is chief of gynecology is not far from Dusseldorf, and I am
>quite sure he would even arrange for transportation to and from the
airport.
>I had a ruptured teratoma (dermoid cyst) in 1965, but was unable to get the
>colon freed up totally If you want more information these are the ways you
>can reach Dr. Pagels, of course, email is the most easiest way: