Abstract
Objective: To evaluate whether the surgical trauma required for the laparoscopic removal of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) surgical barrier would cause postoperative adhesions. Design: Two case reports. Setting: Tertiary academic medical center. Patient(s): Two women who had undergone myomectomy with placement of a PTFE surgical barrier and who were free of adhesions with the barrier in place. Intervention(s): Removal of the PTFE barrier by laparoscopy 11 days after myomectomy. Main Outcome Measure(s): Adhesions at the site of removal of the PTFE barrier at the time of incidental laparoscopy several years later. Result(s): Adhesions were not present at the site of PTFE barrier removal. Conclusion(s): The surgical trauma required to remove PTFE barriers at early second-look laparoscopy was not associated with postoperative adhesions.
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