At the present time, you will learn that pain management at a multidisciplinary pain clinic is the best that medicine has to offer to those who suffer from chronic pain as a result of adhesions.
Each successive surgery tends to cause adhesions to re-form and de nova ( new ) adhesions to develop; and, as a result, tends to also increase the intensity of the pain, which the patient already experiences.
[] ADHESION SPECIALISTS:
Until the FDA has approved a gel-adhesion barrier, surgery is really not advised -- unless you seek a surgeon who specializes in adhesiolysis procedures ( surgery for adhesions ). Many adhesion-sufferers make the mistake of trusting just any surgeon to perform their surgery!!!
The very best surgeons have logged thousands of hours in mastering the advanced laparoscopic microsurgical techniques in order to be able to give their patient the very best chance to become adhesion-free. Surgeons,who have decided to specialize in performing adhesiolysis procedures, have made a definite commitment to do their very best in order to help their patient become pain-free...or as pain-free as is possible!!!
Their success is based on their technique and skill in regularly performing these very difficult, time-consuming and risky surgeries - over and over again!!!
The surgeon, who specializes in adhesiolysis procedures, must must be very gentle as he lyses ( cuts ) adhesions. Any unnecessary trauma to the internal tissues has a propensity to cause adhesions. Most importantly, the surgeon must be very meticulous - and makes sure that every trace of blood is removed from the patient's abdominal/pelvic cavity prior to concluding the surgical procedure!!!
[] AFTER SURGERY:
Adhesions begin forming immediately after surgery!! Adhesions are the way our body heals itself. This is a natural process - and our body is in control of the healing. It is true that even the very best surgeon, who specializes in performing adhesiolysis procedures, cannot guarantee that his patient will be adhesion-free!! BUT the surgeon, who is very skilled and very experienced in adhesion surgical procedures, will be able to give his patient the very best chance possible to become adhesion-free.
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I want to encourage you to read the stories, which have been posted on the Adhesions Quilt; and when you feel ready, I hope that you will also want to post your story too.
There aren't any surgeons who can guarantee that their patient will be adhesion-free; but with the skill and experience of an adhesion specialist, surgical patients have the very best chance possible to become adhesion free!!!