Minimally Invasive Surgery for Abdominal Adhesions & Blockages

Stories of Patient Power, by Andrew Schorr

After abdominal surgery, patients are subject to adhesions and blockages that can cause serious problems. On this episode of Patient Power sponsored by UC San Diego Health System (UCSD), Dr. Mark Talamini helps listeners to understand the latest in minimally invasive surgery and how these procedures are also being used as an investigative tool.

Read Hillary Patton's abdominal blockage story

This 30-Minute Program Features:

• Mark Talamini, M.D.
  Professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery
  University of California San Diego Health System
  Dr. Mark Talamini is a professor of surgery and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at UC San Diego Health System. As part of his work with the Center for the Future of Surgery, Dr. Talamini has been looking for ways to address resolving abdominal adhesions in a minimally invasive fashion. He also researches and develops new and innovative ways of providing patients with the surgical procedures they need with fewer, smaller scars and quicker recovery times.
• Hillary Patton
  Underwent laparoscopic surgery for abdominal blockage
  Feeling her world getting smaller and smaller Hillary Patton, a mother with a young daughter, suffered with pain and regular trips to the emergency room after the abdominal surgery she’d had to correct her ulcerative colitis. She consulted with many doctors and was advised that surgery probably would not help her. Unwilling to give up, Hillary found Dr. Mark Talamini who had the expertise to begin investigating her problem.

Listen to the Audio Program (you will be taken to the Patient Power website)