A F Haney1. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the surgical trauma required for the laparoscopic removal of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) surgical barrier would cause postoperative adhesions. DESIGN: Two case reports. SETTING: Tertiary academic medical center. PATIENT(S): Two women who had undergone myomectomy with placement of a PTFE surgical barrier and who were free of adhesions with the barrier in place. INTERVENTION(S): Removal of the PTFE barrier by laparoscopy 11 days after myomectomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Adhesions at the site of removal of the PTFE barrier at the time of incidental laparoscopy several years later. RESULT(S): Adhesions were not present at the site of PTFE barrier removal. CONCLUSION(S): The surgical trauma required to remove PTFE barriers at early second-look laparoscopy was not associated with postoperative adhesions.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the surgical trauma required for the laparoscopic removal of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) surgical barrier would cause postoperative adhesions. DESIGN: Two case reports. SETTING: Tertiary academic medical center. PATIENT(S): Two women who had undergone myomectomy with placement of a PTFE surgical barrier and who were free of adhesions with the barrier in place. INTERVENTION(S): Removal of the PTFE barrier by laparoscopy 11 days after myomectomy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Adhesions at the site of removal of the PTFE barrier at the time of incidental laparoscopy several years later. RESULT(S): Adhesions were not present at the site of PTFE barrier removal. CONCLUSION(S): The surgical trauma required to remove PTFE barriers at early second-look laparoscopy was not associated with postoperative adhesions.