Use of methylene blue and N,O-carboxymethylchitosan to prevent postoperative adhesions in a rat uterine horn model

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2003, Pages 698-701

  Cetin, Meral ^a   Ak, Dogan ^a   Duran, Bulent ^a   Cetin, Ali ^a   Guvenal, Tevfik ^a   Yanar, Orhan ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Methylene blue; N,O carboxymethylchitosan; Postoperative adhesion; Rat; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; METHYLENE BLUE; N,O CARBOXYMETHYLCHITOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN INCISION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS HORN;

EID: 0141517126     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00777-5     Document Type: Article

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