Adsions of the small intestines?!
Question:
Adsions of the small intestines?
my wife has gone under surgery for adsions os the small intestines,,years ago she had Endometriosis, which I don't know if that was the cause of it,,,they operates with standard procedures useing a cut with scapel,,I had asked if their was a better method like ,,Laparoscopy ,,but he said no its to easy to punture the intestines with that method,,according to a site I just read they say laproscopy is the better method,,anybody have any experience with this,,,
Answers:
Adhesions basically "stick" the small bowel to the other loops of the bowel, to the membranes surrounding & holding the bowel and the the abdominal wall (and yes, endometriosis probably was the cause). The MD may have felt that because the loops were stuck to the wall, he could not inflate the area with gas (which is how they do a lap surgery) to get the intestines away from the area where they push the scopes in. He was being cautious. Also, any problems that develop with a lap. surgery requires an open approach.