Bowel Vs Scar Tissue

Hi.  My fiance was in a serious skidoo accident where he had a whipples surgery-they removed 1/3 of his pancreas, they repaired his liver, bowel; removed 5 feet of his small intestine, and more irrevelant things.  His stomach muscles arent together because of his scar, they say is a hernia.  The nurses/doctors took all the staples out at once and the tissue had to grow up.  You will see the picture of the scar tissue and area.  He will be undergoing a surgery to remove the scar tissue and close the hernia.  Is it possible that his bowel, by now, may have grown into the surrounding scar tissue?  And if it is possible, whats the likelihood that his bowel will be completely or irreversibly damaged in the surgery?  It already had its own scar tissue, so im curious if they damage one area if they can just repair it on the side or area is re-damaged.. Can a cat scan tell if they are grown together?  Any advice would be taken into account, thanks..

[CalGal]

It's possible scar tissues may have joined some organs together, or adhesions have formed between organs and peritoneum, but these days docs often do pre-op 3-D ultrasounds or MRI to look at the site of surgery and visualize where they're going to cut. They want to have as open a field as possible, so they try to plan a route to 'skirt' adhesion, so that adhesions can be cleared while the site is open.

Discuss the issue with the doc/surgeon. They should be more than willing to explain what they're going to do.