Ahesion is one of the leading problem after open surgery. The only way to treat adhesions is to remove or separate them through surgery. This procedure is called adhesiolysis (ad-he-ze-o-li-sis). Studies have shown that patients with pelvic pain and severe adhesions can experience a marked reduction in symptoms after laparoscopic adhesiolysis. In addition, infertility due to pelvic adhesions can be successfully treated by adhesiolysis in approximately 40-60% of patients.

However, one of the reasons adhesions are so problematic is that adhesions reform more than 70 percent of the time, even following adhesiolysis. Therefore, adhesion prevention is vital.