Re: Adhesions>>Should you have surgery for adhesions?
From: Peggy (pklippe1@nycap.rr.com)
Sat Nov 20 09:56:28 1999
At Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Helen Dynda wrote:
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>Should you have surgery for adhesions? This is a question that you, as
>an adhesion-sufferer, will be contemplating when your chronic pain
>becomes so unbearable that you know that you need help of some kind.
>
>The following items will give you information about some of the things
>to think about before ever considering or agreeing to surgery.
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>Most surgeons will not do surgery on patients who have adhesions
>because:
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>a.) surgery for adhesions is too risky for the patient - too many things
>can go wrong (like nicking the intestines, etc.).
>
>b.) surgery for removal of adhesions (adhesiolysis) is a very
>time-consuming task for the surgeon. I know of a patient who was in
>surgery for 9 hours!
>
>c.) surgery for adhesions is a very difficult task for the surgeon --
>requiring many hours of advanced surgical training before a surgeon has
>developed the meticulous skills necessary in order to do surgery for
>adhesions.
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>d.) there are no adhesion barriers that are currently 100% effective.
>For that reason many of the best surgeons have elected not to use the
>adhesion barriers currently available.
>
>e.) adhesions are the way the body heals itself. With repeated
>surgeries it is very possible that new adhesions (de nova) will develop
>and previous adhesions will reform - which will only increase the
>chronic pain a person already has.
>
>f.) within 6-8 months Intergel (a gel adhesion barrier) may be reviewed
>and approved by the FDA. With a gel adhesion barrier the surgeon will
>be able to apply this protective gel adhesion barrier to most of the
>organs in the abdominal cavity - which would give the patient a much
>greater chance to be as adhesion-free as possible.
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>g.) when a person has had previous surgeries, it is difficult, if not
>impossible, for the surgeon to do surgery laparoscopically.
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>h.) only a surgeon, who does surgery for adhesions on a regular basis,
>is able to develop the skills necessary to help the patient become as
>adhesion-free as possible. Even theses adhesion specialists cannot
>guarantee that their patient will be adhesion-free following surgery.
>
>j.) too often patients compare their surgeon's ability to that of a
>mechanic - in that if a mechanic can fix a car, a surgeon should be able
>to do the same for a surgical patient. It is not that easy! The body is
>in charge of the healing, not the surgeon!
Hi Helen,
I was wondering where you found this information ? IS it on the internet
or is this something that you formed from the experience that you have ?
Do you have any advice on endometreosis (SP) that you are able to share
with me ? My gyn mentioned this to me the last time I spoke to him .
Thank you,
Peggy
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>* To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always. *
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