We describe a case of bowel strangulation caused by massive peritoneal adhesion as a result of effective chemotherapy. A 71-year-old man, who had obstructive descending colon cancer with massive peritoneal metastases and, therefore, received palliative surgery consisting of diverting colostomy and sampling of peritoneal nodules, developed bowel strangulation on day 4 of the 2nd course of chemot...

context in order to restore ovulation, puncturing ovaries with a needle powered by electricity, under laparoscopic observation, in women with anovulatory infertility with polycystic ovarian syndrome is called laparoscopic ovarian drilling (lod). although peri-adnexial adhesion after the surgery is inevitable, there is lack of evidence regarding the clinical significance. the objective of the pr...

INTRODUCTION Peritoneal carcinomatosis is a frequent form of disease progression in gastrointestinal cancer, and all too often is a preterminal event with a median survival of only 6 months. Despite the introduction of aggressive surgical and chemotherapeutic approaches, any significant improvement in survival is unlikely until we better understand the molecular biology of peritoneal metastasis...

idiopathic or spontaneous segmental infarction of omentum is a rare disease producing acute abdominal emergency. this rare entity is in a small group of abdominal emergencies with circulatory compromise. infarction could be caused by omental torsion which could be due to adhesion of a previouse surgery or it could be spontaneous. less than 150 cases of idiopathic segmental infarction of omentum...

BACKGROUND Peritoneal lavage with saline at room temperature causes peritoneal hypothermia, vasoconstriction, hypoxia, and acidosis, which are effects that are known to reduce fibrinolysis. Decreased fibrinolysis causes permanent adhesions. Normothermic lavage may prevent this deleterious process and reduce peritoneal adhesions. METHODS A rat model of cecal abrasion was used. Control animals ...

Introduction Peritoneal adhesions have been reported as an adverse side effect of surgery for more than a century and occur in 90-100% of cases. Postoperative adhesion formation results from a series of local events at the trauma site. Peritoneal injury by surgery, infection, or irritation initiates a local inflammatory reaction, exudation, and fibrin deposition into which white blood cells; ma...

INTRODUCTION Postoperative adhesions after abdominal or pelvic surgery remain an important clinical problem causing infertility, pain and bowel obstruction. Their prevention and treatment remains poorly understood and inadequate. The formation of adhesions is caused by the organization of a fibrin matrix, an organization that takes place during the coagulation process when there is suppression ...

BACKGROUND The inevitable post-inflammatory fibrosis and adhesion often compromises future treatment in peritoneal dialysis patients. Here, we describe a patient who experienced an unusual form of peritoneal adhesion that made her give up peritoneal dialysis. However, its unique pattern also saved her from infection caused by bowel perforation. CASE PRESENTATION The female patient discontinue...

Oxidative stress has been implicated in intra-abdominal adhesion formation. Substance P, a neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R) ligand, facilitates leukocyte recruitment and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. We have shown in a rat model of adhesion formation that intraperitoneal administration of a NK-1R antagonist at the time of abdominal operation reduces postoperative adhesion formation. Th...