The role of simvastatin on postoperative peritoneal adhesion formation in an animal model

European Surgical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-102

  Kucuk, Hasan Fehmi ^a,b   Kaptanoglu, Levent ^a   Kurt, Necmi ^a   Uzun, Huseyin ^a   Eser, Mehmet ^a   Bingul, Sadik ^a   Torlak, Oguzhan Aziz ^a   Akyol, Huseyin ^a  

^a Kartal Research and Education Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Petrol is Mh Sh Dursun Bakan Sk ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intra abdominal adhesion; Plasminogen activator, tissue type; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

SIMVASTATIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; CECUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIMVASTATIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 34047125397     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099156     Document Type: Article

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