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Bodybuilder Finally Finds Relief From Painful Adhesions at Florida Hospital Celebration Health - 4/13/06
An adhesion is a type of scar that forms an abnormal connection between two parts of the body.
WHAT: Forty-five-year-old Rachel Payne has suffered from painful adhesions for years. After visiting seven doctors and receiving several misdiagnoses, Payne, who lives in Atlanta, GA, finally found Dr. Jay Redan at Florida Hospital Celebration Health. Dr. Redan performed minimally invasive surgery at the Florida Hospital Celebration Health Center for Adhesions and Related Disorders to lysis, or cut, the adhesions. Now, the amateur bodybuilder is well on her way to recovery.
BACKGROUND: An adhesion is a type of scar that forms an abnormal connection between two parts of the body. An injury, such as endometriosis, infection, chemotherapy, radiation or cancer may damage tissue and initiate adhesions. But by far the most common kind of adhesion is the one that forms after surgery and forms at the site of a surgical procedure. Adhesions are believed to cause pelvic pain by tethering down organs and tissues, causing traction (pulling) of nerves. Nerve endings may become entrapped within a developing adhesion. Adhesions can also cause severe clinical problems.
WHY: Chronic pelvic pain and associated intestinal disturbance are a major cause of misery for thousands of patients. Often in constant pain, patients may experience loneliness, hopelessness, frustration and desperation. Although adhesions are often the cause of this pain, treatment for adhesions is not performed either because the surgeon does not believe that adhesions can cause the problem, or because lysis of adhesions is considered too difficult or futile.
WHO: Patient Rachel Payne
Florida Hospital Celebration Health Director of Minimally Invasive General Surgery, Dr. Jay Redan, who specializes in the care and treatment of patients with post-operative adhesions. Dr. Redan has more than 15 years of experience in laparoscopic surgery and has been a pioneer in this field since its infancy.
