I have to say I haven't heard much about that particular kind of surgery. Hopefully someone else from the board will be able to help you there.
Good luck with your research. Love & gentle hugs Jo http://www.bombobeach.com
At Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Paul Jeanne wrote:
>
>I am trying to find out if anyone has ever had a robotic laparoscopic
>surgery to remove adhesions and whether or not it was successful. Would
>also be interested, to the extent it is available, in getting data on
>recurrence of adhesions after this kind of surgery.
>
>Over the past five years, I have been in the hospital on five times for
>partial bowel obstruction which my doctors believe is caused by
>adhesions from an appendectomy I had in 1992. In each case, the
>obstruction cleared after using an NG tube. In perhaps a dozen other
>cases I had similar pain/pressure building, but the obstruction cleared
>on its own without having to go into the hospital. Between partial
>bowel obstructions, I have no pain or symptoms. Initially, the approach
>my doctors suggested was to do nothing. Each noted that by operating I
>ran the risk of creating more adhesions. However, this is interfering
>with my life and I would like to do something about it, provided it will
>not be counterproductive.
>
>I live in Baltimore and consulted a doctor at Johns Hopkins who
>initially recommended waiting until the next partial bowel obstruction
>and operating then. Later, he recommended a colleague who would use the
>hospital's robotic laparoscope to do the surgery less invasively. After
>consulting with him, I scheduled surgery, but I am having second
>thoughts about going through with it. I haven't been able to find much
>written about success or failure of this approach. Are you aware of
>anything or do you have any thoughts?
>
>--
>paul.jeanne@wachovia.com
>
-- I am not a medical person, and all my messages are based on personal experience. I am a fellow adhesions sufferer reaching out to help others.