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Re: preventing adhesions From: William McIntosh (wdmcintosh@charter.net) Thu Apr 21 10:56:18 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: Habemus Papam!" Previous message: Charlie Chambers: "Re: Contraceptive access" In reply to: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Re: preventing adhesions" Next in thread: Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.: "Re: preventing adhesions" Reply: Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.: "Re: preventing adhesions" Well, that was not all there was too it. I used Intergel, and I liked it as well, but there were a significant number of patients, unpublished insofar as I know, but around 10% through the grapevine, that had abdominal pain ranging up to the severe, with hospital admissions and so on, as well as other GI symptoms after contact. I had one of these patients myself, and it was a bugger getting her over, and there was no enterotomy, small or otherwise. My patient eventually got better over 4 weeks or so, but this was not an isolated event apparently, and the product was withdrawn from the market and has not returned. -- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG Premier Medical Group Clarksville, TN wdmcintosh@charter.net -----Original Message----- From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Richard Chudacoff, MD Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:24 AM To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L Subject: Re: preventing adhesions There was something called Intergel. I personally thought it worked great, but had a complication when some less observant surgeons used in without repairing a small enterotomy. Resultant infection was blamed on the gel, and it was withdrawn from the market Richard Chudacoff, MD -----Original Message----- From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Diane C Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:28 AM To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L Subject: preventing adhesions A year ago, at the prompting of my father who bemoaned not having one child "invent" or patent anything, I decided, I would invent a surfactant so to say, an abdominal "wash" which would prevent adhesions but the surgical site, through a process, would not be prevented from healing/sealing. I spoke to someone, and they said, it was an excellent idea, but "find out what has been developed" to date. To my great dissappointment, it has already been developed, anyone ever use an agent such as this? Any experiences you want to share? Thanks, Diane Next message: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: Habemus Papam!" Previous message: Charlie Chambers: "Re: Contraceptive access" In reply to: Richard Chudacoff, MD: "Re: preventing adhesions" Next in thread: Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.: "Re: preventing adhesions" Reply: Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.: "Re: preventing adhesions"

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