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 ...

which occurs when the body grows excessive scar tissue. Fibrosis causes adhesions that may lead to ongoing pain, inflammation, and loss of function of the tissue or joint. Fibroblasts, which form ...

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 ...

Up to 90% of abdominal surgeries result in adhesions -- abnormal scarring that ties together organs and tissues. A gel has now been shown to prevented adhesions in mice and pigs.

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 ...

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 ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered new mechanisms underlying cellular adhesion and repair ... that boost cellular repair after tissue injury, according to a recent study published ...

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 ...