Your general health. Whether you have scar tissue in the area from previous surgery. Your doctor's expertise and experience. Sometimes a laparoscopic surgery has to be changed to an open resection ...

Medically reviewed by Cordelia Nwankwo, MD Bloating is a common symptom of endometriosis and, when the two occur together, ...

C rohn's disease, a type of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), often causes scar-like tissue to build up in the intestines, termed fibrosis. Over time, increased scar tissue builds up in ...