Pathophysiology of adhesion formation and strategies for prevention

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-41

  Gomel, Victor ^a   Urman, Bülent ^b   Gürgan, Timur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adhesions

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXTRAN; HYALURONIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE; POLITEF; RECOMBINANT PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ASCITES; BLEEDING; COLLOID; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTALLOID; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PHARMACOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADHESIONS; HUMANS; PERITONEAL DISEASES;

EID: 0030048052     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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