Re: Has any one been diagnosed with omental adhesions?

From: Christine M. Smith (smithy@maine.rr.com)
Mon May 24 11:47:44 1999


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.


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