Reduction of postoperative adhesions by N,O-carboxymethylchitosan and spermine NONOate in rats

Experimental Animals

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 267-272

  Duran, Bulent ^a   Ak, Dogan ^a   Cetin, Ali ^a   Guvenal, Tevfik ^a   Cetin, Meral ^a   Imir, Ayse Gonca ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

N,O carboxymethylchitosan; Postoperative adhesion; Rat; Spermine NONOate; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE CARBOXYMETHYLCHITOSAN; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPERMINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN OXIDE; O,N CARBOXYMETHYLCHITOSAN; O,N-CARBOXYMETHYLCHITOSAN; SPERMINE; SPERMINE NITRIC OXIDE COMPLEX;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GEL; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERUS HORN; ADHESION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; FEMALE; GELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMINE;

EID: 0242271464     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.52.267     Document Type: Article

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