title: Operative laparoscopy for the treatment of localized chronic pelvic-abdominal pain caused by postoperative adhesions.
abstract: One hundred fifty-six patients with chronic abdominal pain associated with postoperative adhesions were treated with laser laparoscopy. Eighty-eight percent of these patients had complete relief, 9% had satisfactory relief, and 3% required a second laparoscopy to lyse recurrent adhesions. It is concluded that chronic abdominal pain associated with adhesions can be treated successfully with laser laparoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fayez
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*