Spray of phospholipid powder reduces peritoneal adhesions in rabbits

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 388-390

  Bhandarkar, Deepraj S ^a   Nathanson, Leslie K ^a   Hills, Brian A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MATER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesions; CAPD; Peritoneal diseases; Phospholipids

Indexed keywords

DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RABBIT;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POWDERS; RABBITS;

EID: 0032939308     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01578.x     Document Type: Article

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