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What
Are Adhesions
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What
are Adhesions ? |
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Adhesions,
are bands of fibrous tissue, internal scars, that form an abnormal
connection between two parts of the body. |
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What
causes them? |
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Adhesions
can occur in response to trauma(injury) of various kinds and are
an almost inevitable outcome of surgery. |
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How
common are they? |
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Between
55% and 100% of patients undergoing pelvic surgery will form Adhesions. |
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What
problems might arise for a patient suffering from Adhesions? |
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Adhesions
can cause severe clinical problems. For example Adhesion related
disorders. (ARD) |
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Adhesion
Barriers
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What
are Adhesion Barriers? |
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They
are barriers that protect tissue. |
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Q
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What
is there function? |
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Hopefully to prevent Adhesions reforming. |
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How
successful are they? |
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It
is unlikely that any one product will prevent Adhesions in
all situations. |
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When
will they be available? |
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They
are available at the moment, but are still limited for a variety
of reasons. |
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Q
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Why
are they still limited? |
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They
have not been rigorously tested on patients with severe Adhesions
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Adhesions
and Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP)
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Do
Adhesions cause Chronic pelvic pain ? |
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Not
all Adhesions cause pain, and not all pain is caused by Adhesions. |
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Is
this a belief of all general surgeons ? |
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Not all general surgeons, agree that Adhesions
cause Chronic pelvic pain. |
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Q
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Is
it easy to detect whether a patient has Chronic pelvic pain? |
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No,
it is difficult to detect chronic pelvic pain. |
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Q
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Can
you tell me how many woman are affected, with pain due to Adhesions? |
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It
is estimated to affect nearly 15% of women between the ages of 18
and 50. |
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