adhesiolysis en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin adhaesiōnemlbor. French adhésionder. English adhesion Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English adhesiolysis From adhesion + -lysis.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The cutting or removal of adhesions or scar tissue.
The main reasons are technical difficulties in adhesiolysis and prolonged operative time.
2015 July 24, Ik Yong Kim, “Impact of Prior Abdominal Surgery on Rates of Conversion to Open Surgery and Short-Term Outcomes after Laparoscopic Surgery for Colorectal Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Where adhesiolysis is needed before progressing, we distinguish between vascular and avascular adhesiolysis.
1989, Stig Bengmark, The peritoneum and peritoneal access, page 340: