Intra-abdominal adhesions: Cellular mechanisms and strategies for prevention
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Medicolegal consequences of postoperative intra-abdominal adhesions.
Postoperative adhesions are an almost invariable consequence of abdominal and pelvic surgery. Their most important morbidity is small-bowel obstruction, but other sequelae include female infertility and dyspareunia and increased risk of visceral injury at subsequent laparotomy or laparoscopy. Whether chronic abdominal pain is truly a consequence of adhesions is debatable, although it is likely ...
متن کاملIntra-abdominal administration of bevacizumab diminishes intra-peritoneal adhesions.
AIM To determine the effect of a single dose of bevacizumab on adhesion formation in the rat cecum abrasion model. METHODS The cecum and parietal peritoneum of 38 male Wistar rats were abraded to promote adhesion formation. The rats were randomized into 2 groups: group 1 received bevacizumab (2.5 mg/kg) intraperitoneally, and group 2 received saline. On day 30 animals were killed, adhesions s...
متن کاملFormation and regrowth of intra-abdominal adhesions after adhesiolysis: the paradox of surgical adhesion-reduction strategies.
Accessible online at: www.karger.com/dsu We have followed with interest the publications of Swank et al. [1] concerning surgical adhesion-reduction strategies for the management of pelvic pain and wish to respond to their latest article, published in January 2004, which discusses the incidence/ extent of intra-abdominal adhesion formation/reformation following laparoscopic adhesiolysis. The rol...
متن کاملEvaluation of wound healing and post-operative intra-abdominal adhesions in opium addicted rats
Introduction: Opium addiction can change immune response to Types of stress such as injury or trauma due to alterations in the in secretion status of cytokines in the body. In this study, effects of opium addiction on wound healing and post-operative adhesion bands were assessed after laparotomy. Materials and Methods: Male rats (n=20) were randomly divided into opium addicted (documented with ...
متن کاملEfficacy of vitamin E and selenium for the prevention of intra-abdominal adhesions in rats: uterine horn models
OBJECTIVE This study compares the efficacies of vitamin E and selenium, both individually and in combination, for the prevention of postoperative intra-abdominal adhesions in rats. METHODS Forty-seven female rats were divided into five groups. The sham animals (S group, n = 7) were given only laparotomies and intraperitoneally received 0.9% NaCl (2 ml). In the 40 other rats, abrasions of the ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1743-9191
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2011.08.008