I can help answer a few of your questions. Most barriers don't seem to work. The one so far proving the most success is SprayGel, but it is not available in the states yet, but there is a doctor in Germany doing the surgeries without gas as well, and his patients are being monitored for results.
I'm not familiar with Gore Tex so I can't answer that, maybe someone else can.
I had my adhesions lasered in 2000 with a partial hysterectomy done. My adhesions still came back. Since then I have learned that lasering is not the choice of most specialists. They prefer "cold-cutting" which minimizes blood loss. Apparently the more bleeding, the more adhesion growth. Most specialists use this form of adhesion removal.
I hope this helps some.
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Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 11:03 AM
Subject: Adhesion treatments?
Sender: singlewhitcowgrl@yahoo.com (SueAnn)
Howdy yall, I have had numourus surgeries for adhesions, the worst was losing my uterus/ovaries at 22yoa. I have found I can go a few years with no problems(pain) and then it will slowly start with having heartburn and then getting spasms in my stomach. It feels like a cramp and sometimes you can actually see the area moving. The last surgery I had was in Nov '02 and I almost lost 3/4 of my intestine because the adhesions had wrapped them into a ball. I had portions of intestine that had begun to atrophy. I am very concerned because in the last two months I have once again started with heartburn and the cramps. I am taking up to 4 anexia 10/650 a day for the pain. I have been warned about constipation and have had no problems with that, mainly because I eat so little. I am slowly losing my appitite and when I do eat I become nauseated and use oral Compazine or Reglan. Well, I think that is enough history so now on to my questions: 1. What are the new treatments for adhesions? I know the barriers are being used, but it doesn't seem to help me. (in 80% of my surgeries a barrier was used) 2. I read that removing the adhesion tissue my help reduce the formation of new ones, is this true? 3. What about using Gore Tex? I no longer have my reproductive organs so there is no need for me to worry about pregnancy. Is this a possible choice? 4. Is there a difference between using lasers to lyse the adhesion compared to surgical disection?
Thank you all. SueAnn