What is the impact of adhesions on patients and surgeons?

The Impact of Adhesions on Patients:

• Adhesive Disease accounts for 49-74% of small bowel obstructions.
  
• Adhesive Disease accounts for 15-20% of infertility cases.
  
• Adhesive Disease accounts for 20-50% of chronic pelvic pain cases.
  
• Reduced quality of life.
  
• Loss of work days and productivity
  
• Increased risk, complexity and complications during subsequent surgery.
  
• One study showed a 19% rate of adhesion-related bowel perforation during subsequent/secondary operations.
  
• Bowel perforations occur even more frequently (33%) during surgery for SBO.
  
• Patients with adhesion-related perforations had significantly higher postoperative complications (leaks, wound infections, hemorrhages and length of stay).

The Impact of Adhesions on Surgeons:

• Increased reoperative times
  
• Increased risk of enterotomy
  
• Increased level of surgical complexity