Prevention of retrosternal adhesions after pericardiotomy
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[Prevention of postoperative adhesions].
Postoperative adhesions represent a common consequence in patients who underwent abdominal or pelvic surgery. Such adhesions can be asymptomatic, but they can cause complications such as chronic abdomino-pelvic pain, secondary infertility, an increase in bowel obstruction risk and more complexity for future surgery, including longer surgery times and an increase in morbidity. Normally, adhesion...
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Adhesions resulting from gynaecological endoscopic procedures are a major clinical, social and economic concern, as they may result in pelvic pain, infertility, bowel obstruction and additional surgery to resolve such adhesion-related complications. Although the minimally invasive endoscopic approach has been shown to be less adhesiogenic than traditional surgery, at least with regard to select...
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Despite decades of research, numerous new product ideas and 'carefully considered opinions' of recognized experts, very few products for the prevention of post-operative adhesions have met the requirements for Level 1 evidence of safety and efficacy. Those that have are useable only at laparotomy. Several new liquid products intended for use at laparoscopy are in various stages of development a...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)35936-7