Reduction of postoperative adhesions after laparoscopic gynecological surgery with Oxiplex/AP Gel: A pilot study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1450-1456

  Young, Phil ^a   Johns, Alan ^b   Templeman, Claire ^c   Witz, Craig ^d   Webster, Bobby ^e   Ferland, Roger ^f   Diamond, Michael P ^g   Block, Kathleen ^h   DiZerega, Gere ^c  

^a IGO Medical Group   (United States)

^b Botonical Res Institute of Texas   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^e Woman's Ctr Fertil/Adv Repro M   (United States)

^f WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h FzioMed Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Oxiplex AP Gel; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD POISONING; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PELVIS; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; TERATOMA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION; VIDEOTAPE;

ADHESIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELLULOSE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GELS; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 27644565048     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.04.055     Document Type: Article

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