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 ...

introduction ileal diverticulum is a rare disease that presents with complications such as diverticulitis. case presentation we present an 81-year-old man with partial small bowel obstruction having abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting for 48 hours and a mobile abdominal mass. after ct scan, exploratory laparoscopy and small bowel resection was done with primary anastomosis. conclusions when adhesi...

BACKGROUND Adhesions frequently occur after abdominal surgery. Many anti-adhesion products have been used in clinic. However, the evidences are short for surgeons to reasonably choose the suitable anti-adhesion produces in clinical practice. This study provided such evidence by comparing the efficiency of five products to prevent abdominal adhesion formation in a rat model. METHODS Fifty-six ...

Statin Use at Intra-abdominal Surgery and Postoperative Adhesion-Related Complications Small-Bowel Obstruction

laparoscopic technique in recent years has tremendously being used as a non invasive surgery to perform different operation in abdominal and thoracic cavities. this technique has been used from 1987 in different aspect of human surgery. in addition to diagnosis, biopsy, visualizing adhesion and neoplastic structure, recently cholecystectomy and ovariohysterectomy were also commonly being used a...