Karla
surgery by surgeons from the following countries:
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>* Canada - as of October 1998
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>* Europe
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>* the Middle East
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>* South Africa
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>Adhesions occur following every surgical procedure - because this is our
>body's natural way of healing itself.
>It is my understanding that approximately 90% of surgical patients do
>not experience pain as a result of adhesions.
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>On the other hand, about 10% of surgical patients, for some unknown
>reason, have a tendency to be adhesion-formers. With each surgical
>procedure, their adhesions re-form and de nova (new) adhesions develop.
>As a consequence, their chronic pain becomes increasingly more painful.
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>Until a gel adhesion barrier (such as Intergel) has been approved by the
>FDA, more surgery for these people is not advised. Pain Management is
>the best that medical science has to offer at this time.
>