Medical Questions » Gut (Intestines) Questions » Question No. 425
| Question: | What are the adhesions that patients complain about after surgery? |
| Answer: | When you are cut, inflammation occurs to stick the edges of the wound together, and eventually heal the wound. During an operation, minor damage to all tissue in the area is inevitable, and this becomes slightly inflamed. If two areas of internal tissue in come into contact after an operation, they will heal together and form an adhesion. This is more likely when infected or damaged tissue is operated upon.
Once an adhesion forms, the bowel may become twisted around it, or it may tear and bleed, leading to pain. If at a later operation the adhesions are broken down, this damages the tissue again, and the subsequent inflammation allows the adhesions to form again. It is therefore a very difficult problem to deal with.
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