| Costs and effects of adhesions |
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Adhesiolysis in the US required 378,762 surgeries, 2,916,467 days inpatient care, costing $14.5B in 2003. Read More >>
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Adhesiolysis procedures in the US cost 950,000 days of inpatient care in 1988, caused 40% of all intestinal obstructions. Read More >>
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15-20% of infertility caused by adhesions. Read More >>
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64% of all small bowel obstructions caused by adhesions. Read More >>
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Adhesiolysis caused 281,982 hospitalizations, 948,727 days of inpatient care, costing $1.2B in 1988. Read More >>
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Adhesiolysis caused 303,836 hospitalizations, 846,415 days of inpatient care, and $1.3B costs in 1994. Increased use of laparoscopy does not show any reduction in adhesiolysis. Read More >>
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Previous surgery increases the operating time during subsequent surgery due to adhesions by a median of 18 minutes. Read More >>
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Serious legal liability implications for post-operative adhesions. Read More >>
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Inadvertent enterotomy (incision into the intestines) occurs in 20% of open abdominal surgeries after a previous laparotomy, adhesions to the abdominal wall cause most trocar injuries and require conversion to laparotomy. Read More >>
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