Reduction of surgery-induced peritoneal adhesions by continuous release of streptokinase from a drug delivery system

European Surgical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-49

  Yagmurlu, Aydin ^a   Barlas, M ^a   Gursel, I ^b   Gokcora, I H ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drug delivery systems; Peritoneal adhesions; Streptokinase

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; HYDROXYVALERIC ACID; KABIKINAZ; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); STREPTOKINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN; ADHESIONS; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PERITONEAL DISEASES; POLYESTERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOKINASE;

EID: 0037232174     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067035     Document Type: Article

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