Adhesions are a major cause of small bowel obstruction, infertility and chronic pelvic pain. They can also result in serious clinical complications which may lead to significantly lower quality of life in patients, longer hospital stays, increased hospitalization, and higher costs.

In this episode, Dr. Steven D. Wexner, director of the Digestive Disease Center at Cleveland Clinic Florida, joins us to share the impact adhesions have had on his patients’ health and what measures he utilizes to prevent debilitating adhesions.