Tag: How to prvent adhesions

How do barriers prevent adhesions?

Adhesions are formed after all surgical measures involving laparotomy. But even during laparoscopy, which is a form of minimally invasive surgery, wound surfaces can be formed during certain procedures, such as for example endometriosis or myoma operations.

These surfaces can adhere to each other, thus forming adhesions.

These adhesions can later cause problems such as pain, adhesion of the uterine tubes (infertility) or of other organs (intestines / ovaries / uterus).

They thus have the potential to cause chronic problems and pain requiring tedious treatment measures, and possibly even adhesiolysis, a follow-up surgical procedure to remove these adhesions.

The long-term success of many different surgical procedures can be improved by the use of barriers that act as “internal bandages” and prevent adhesions