title: Small bowel surgery for the gynecologist specializing in benign disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Adhesions are fibrous bands of scar tissue that are often a result of surgery. Adhesions of the bowel are a common finding during gynecologic procedures, and their presence can lead to injury.
  
  
  METHODS
  This video article demonstrates enterolysis and small-bowel surgery in women undergoing surgery for a benign gynecologic condition and found to have severe adhesive disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Small bowel surgery is best carried out using a team approach. Surgeons should be especially vigilant about injury to the bowel in patients undergoing extensive adhesiolysis or enterolysis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, USA, tyler.muffly@ucdenver.edu.
authors.forename: Tyler M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Muffly
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Strong
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Walters
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D001746:Bladder Exstrophy / Q000601:surgery; D002987:Clitoris / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D022125:Lacerations / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D056887:Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Q000601:surgery; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*