Adhesions

D.J. Lyell et al., “Peritoneal Closure at Primary Cesarean Delivery and Adhesions,” Obstetrics & Gynecology 106 2005: 275-80; K.

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

Adhesions excess scar tissue that binds together tissues in the abdomen

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

• Adhesions, thick internal scar tissue that may cause future chronic pain, in rare cases a twisted bowel, and can complicate future abdominal or pelvic surgeries.19

The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010

• Adhesions excess scar tissue that binds together tissues in the abdomen

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

D.J. Lyell et al., “Peritoneal Closure at Primary Cesarean Delivery and Adhesions,” Obstetrics & Gynecology 106 2005: 275-80; K.

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

Adhesions—scar tissue that can twist the ovaries or make them cling to other organs—may result.

OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005

Major signs: Adhesions; misshapen uterus, tubal obstruction, endometriosis, fibroid tumors, ovarian cysts; abnormal hysterosalpingogram

Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

Adhesions or scar tissue, resulting from a molar pregnancy, an improperly performed Cesarean section, a myomectomy fibroid removal, a diagnostic D&C, or a pregnancy termination

Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

Adhesions, accompanied by displacements, occasionally produce similar deviations, the nature of which is usually easily detected.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

Adhesions take place, and, under some small strain, are broken down.

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