Stanford researchers recently announced promising animal studies for a hydrogel they developed to prevent post-surgery ...

However, in the process of performing the laminectomy, some patients lay down excess scar tissue, which webs down the nerve root it is intending to decompress, and subsequently creates it’s own ...

Surgical adhesions, internal scar tissue bands, pose significant challenges post-surgery, leading to complications like bowel obstructions and chronic pain, affecting over 90% of open abdominal ...

This remarkable procedure allows us to detect and treat areas of “scar tissue” or adhesions in muscles, tendons and ligaments that can reduce our range of motion and cause pain. In the healing process ...

The Graston technique is a type of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM). It is a method often used by physical therapists to break up adhesions and scar tissue and improve the ...

of abdominal surgeries result in adhesions, characterized by excessive scar tissue that tethers organs and tissues to one another or to the abdominal wall. Although many adhesions cause no symptoms, ...

Scars, like diamonds, are forever. Right? That is not necessarily true. Made of silicone, scar tape touts that it can be placed over a wound to minimize scarring and accelerate the healing process.

The problem with scar tissue Abdominal adhesions form in the weeks after surgery as the body heals. Between 50% and 90% (depending upon the type and location of the surgery) of abdominal surgeries ...

Surgical adhesions — internal bands of scar tissue that form between organs or tissues after surgery— can lead to severe complications such as bowel obstructions, chronic pain, and infertility ...

Between 50% and 90% (depending upon the type and location of the surgery) of abdominal surgeries result in adhesions, characterized by excessive scar tissue that tethers organs and tissues to one ...