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One Stop Fertility Clinic
Minimally
Invasive Therapy Unit & Endoscopy
Training Centre
University Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Royal Free Hospital
Pond Street
Hampstead
London NW3 2QG, UK |
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Adhesions
NHS
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Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy A textbook
style website with information about gynaecological
disorders including adhesions.
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Adhesions
Adhesions
are fibrous bands of scar-like tissue that form between
two surfaces inside the body. Adhesions are caused by Inflammation
or trauma can cause tissues to bond to other tissue or
organs (much like the process of forming scar tissue).
Sometimes, fibrous bands (adhesions) can be formed between
the two surfaces. Abdominal surgery, congenital bands,
or attacks of appendicitis can also cause this condition.
Depending on the tissues involved, adhesions can cause
various disorders. For example, in the intestines,
adhesions can cause partial or complete bowel obstruction. Intrauterine adhesions
occur often enough they have a name of their own (Asherman syndrome). Pelvic
adhesions can lead to infertility and reproductive
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