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Treatment To Adhesions
Adhesions can be treated either with open or laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery, known as adhesiolysis. The adhesions are cut by scalpel or electrical current.
What is Adhesions?
An adhesion is a band of Scar Tissue that joins two surfaces of the body that are usually Separate.
The Formation of scar Tissue is the Body’s repair mechanism in response to tissue disturbance caused by surgery, infection, injury (trauma) or radiation. in surgery to remove the adhesions will cause more adhesion to form in near around 70 percent of cases.
Adhesions develop as the body attempts to repair itself. This is the body’s normal response after:
Surgery, Particularly Abdominal surgery
Infection
Endometriosis
Injury (trauma)
Radiation Treatment
Points to Remember
Abdominal adhesions are bands of fibrous tissue that can form between abdominal tissues and organs. Abdominal adhesions cause tissues and organs in the abdominal cavity to stick together.
Abdominal surgery is the most frequent cause of abdominal adhesions. Of patients who undergo abdominal surgery, 93 percent develop abdominal adhesions.
In most cases, abdominal adhesions do not cause symptoms. When symptoms are present, chronic abdominal pain is the most common.
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