Adhesions

Some articles on adhesion, adhesions:

Adhesion Barrier
... An adhesion barrier is a medical implant that can be used to reduce abnormal internal scarring (adhesions) following surgery by separating the internal tissues and organs ... that proper surgical technique is crucial to reduce adhesion formation ... Nevertheless, adhesions do occur and appear to be, to some degree, an almost unavoidable consequence of abdominal and pelvic surgery ...
History - List of Numbered Treaties
1873 Treaty 4 - September 1874 Treaty 5 - September 1875 (adhesions from 1908–1910) Treaty 6 - August–September 1876 (adhesions in February 1889) Treaty 7 - September 1877 Treaty 8 - June 1899 (with further ...
Adhesion (medicine) - Association With Surgery
... showed that more than 90% of patients develop adhesions following open abdominal surgery and 55%–100% of women develop adhesions following pelvic surgery ... Adhesions from prior abdominal or pelvic surgery can obscure visibility and access at subsequent abdominal or pelvic surgery ... readmitted to the hospital an average of two times after their surgery due to adhesion-related or adhesion-suspected complications ...
Adhesion (medicine) - Regions Affected - Pelvic Adhesions
... Pelvic adhesions are a form of abdominal adhesions in the pelvis, typically in women affecting reproductive organs and thus of concern in reproduction or as a cause of chronic pelvic pain ... ablation) can result in Asherman's Syndrome (also known as intrauterine adhesions), a cause of infertility ... bodies or causing less ischemia reduces the extent and severity of adhesions in pelvic surgery ...
Asherman's Syndrome - Prognosis
... The extent of adhesion formation is critical ... Mild to moderate adhesions can usually be treated with success ... If the uterine cavity is adhesion free but the ostia remain obliterated, IVF remains an option ...