objective: to determine the preventive effects of local administration of simvastatin for postoperative intra-abdominal adhesion formation in animal model of rat . methods: in this experimental study, 32 wistar albino rats as the animal model of intra-abdominal adhesion formation were included. adhesions were induced in all the animals via abrasion of the peritoneal and intestinal surface durin...

the objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of topical administration of honey in prevention of or reduction in post-surgical peritoneal adhesions in dog. the study was conducted on 18 adultfemale mixed-breed dogs with a mean ± sd weight of 20 ± 4.25 kg. a standardized surgical trauma (serosaltrauma model) was made in the dogs’ descending colon to induce adhesion formation. t...

Objective- Study on the effect of heparin in prevention of abdominal adhesions following abdominal surgery in rat. Design- Experimental design. Animals-Twenty male rats with average weight of 248 ± 5 gr. Procedures- Animals were randomly divided into two equal groups of 10 rats (A and B). After induction of anesthesia, a midline abdominal incision was made and intestines were manipulated ...

Background: Abdominal adhesions are considered as an important problem in abdominal surgery. In this study we compared the effectiveness of atorvastatin, hyaluronic acid and interceed (oxidized cellulose) in prevention of postoperative intestinal adhesions. Material and Methods: A total of 40 Wistar-albino rats were randomly divided into 5 groups: Group 1 (Sham); Group 2 (Control ...

  Occurrence of adhesions after pelvic and abdominal surgery is a well known problem. Previous surgical procedures are by far the most common cause of intra abdominal a adhesion. In over  10℅ of infertile women, adhesion formation is the main cause of their problem. Moreover postoperative adhesions are the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in the Western world. Although the cause of ...

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 ...

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: Studies have shown that abdominal adhesions occur due to an oxidative stress by ROS. Sargassum sp. extract contains many antioxidative compounds that might be utilized to interrupt this process. This study intends to study the efficacy of Sargassum sp. extract on preventing abdominal adhesions. Methods: In this study, 20 female rats were divided into two groups. Group 1 receive Sarg...