24. Patients with known or suspected adhesions in the HIFU beam path. This includes patients who have had abdominoplasty, multiple abdominal surgeries, documented abdominal or pelvic adhesions observed during any prior laparotomy or laparoscopy, surgical mesh placement in the lower abdomen, abdominal abscess such as ruptured appendicitis and tubo-ovarian abscess, or multiple liposuction procedures of the lower abdomen.