Definitely hope you both can have this done laparoscopically, that would be great!! I mistakenly said I had mine out in 2008, actually it was 2002. In 2008, I had exploratory abdominal surgery (also done laparoscopic). I had adhesions and scar tissue removed in my abdomen and I had appendicitis so they did an appendectomy. Both procedures weren't bad at all.
I had that scar tissue and adhesions built up from two prior laparoscopies (for female issues) and ended up having a hysterectomy in 1996. But that was not done by laparoscope because they took everything!!
Best of luck to both of you!!
Nanc