The effect of medroxyprogesterone acetate and heparin in the prevention of postsurgical adhesion formation in the rat uterine model

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 287-293

  Saǧol, Sermet ^a,b   Özşener, Serdar ^a   Dinçer, Ömer ^a   Yilmaz, Hüseyin ^a   Karadadas, Nedim ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adhesion prevention; Heparin; Medroxyprogesterone acetate; Postoperative adhesions

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAPAROTOMY; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INJURY; UTERUS DISEASE;

EID: 0345411684     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1999.tb01164.x     Document Type: Article

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