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The risk factors for burst abdomen are patient- and surgery-related. Developments in surgical technology and procedures have reduced the likelihood of patients developing frozen abdomen, but they are still considered common. Non-invasive treatments have been tested, but none have proven consistently effective. Because surgery provides only temporary relief, it is reserved for patients who do not respond to other methods first.

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Chang et al. Marinis, G. Gkiokas, G. Anastasopoulos et al. Machairas, T. Liakakos, P. Patapis, C. Petropoulos, D. Tsapralis, and E. Polk and C. Sriussadaporn, K. Kritayakirana, and R. Gkiokas, E. Argyra, G. Fragulidis, G. Polymeneas, and D. Glehen, E. Cotte, S. Kusamura et al. Nockolds, J. Kruschinski is confident that the procedures he applies at his surgical center can minimize the risk that adhesions will come back.

Every time I see a success I am getting stronger in believing in what I do. Having treated around adhesions patients -- and having followed their initial adhesiolysis with second- or even third-look surgeries -- I am certain that I am on the right path to developing a procedure for successful adhesiolysis.

In some patients it might take more than one treatment with a first and second look, but overall, 12 years of follow up with our patients demonstrate that our adhesiolysis procedure works. Our techniques cannot work as successfully with all surgeons as they do in our surgical center, because the skills of the individual surgeon make a difference in the success of the surgery.

If you give a brush to painters, you won't get Picassos, will you? At our center, we use a specialized set-up that includes gasless lift laparoscopy and SprayShield working together to prevent adhesions, along with supplements at the hospital that help reduce postoperative adhesion recurrence.

As she recovers from surgery, Patterson is following Dr. Kruschinski's instructions on modifying her diet and activity level.

Although her path to healing has just begun, she expresses hope in the future. Kruschinski saved my life! I thank Karen Steward for bringing awareness to the world about adhesions. Victims: Bound By Pain!