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Re: Gas pains after abdominal surgery ???
From: Curious (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 1 Oct 2002 10:50:46 -0500 (CDT)
Thank you. I've been reading at hystersisters.com and the Crohn's &
Colitis Foundation Ask the Specialist forum. I suppose those who "hang
out" at those forums are those having difficulties whilst those who had
no problems just "get on with their life". But sure does make one
nervous! Haven't had ANYONE who had a hysterectomy deny having gas pains
except you. Sigh. Thank you AGAIN!
At Tue, 1 Oct 2002, anon wrote:
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>At Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Curious wrote:
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>>Gas pains post op ???
>>
>>I keep reading about the gas pains post surgery. It certainly makes me
>>uneasy. I had open abdominal surgery in 1978 for a small bowel
>>resection. Incision began above my belly button, ran along the right
>>side of it and down to just an inch or two above the pubic bone. I
>>didn't have ANY gas pains after surgery. I don't know how long the
>>surgery took but it couldn't have been too short given the work that
>>needed to be done. I didn't have a nasogastro tube before or after
>>surgery, instead I had a tube emptying my bowel coming out of the upper
>>left quadrant.
>>
>>I thought at first that those experiencing the gas pains were those who
>>had laparoscopic surgery. But the more I read I see that many had open
>>abdominal surgery and still experienced gas pain. WHY? How long does
>>this gas pain last? How many days?
>>
>>What did Mayo Clinic know 24 years ago that local surgeons today don't
>>know about today??? What surgical procedure "improvement" has been the
>>cause of these gas pains?
>
>Curious,
>
>I don't think it's related to surgical techniques, but it might be
>related to after surgery care (or lack of) or simply to the individual.
>I had a hysterectomy 2 years ago and c sections several years prior to
>that and never had a gas pain. And, no one I know has had gas pains
>after surgery, but I know it occurs. Where are you reading about this
>experience- from a message board?
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