Prevention of abdominal adhesions - Present state and what's beyond the horizon?

European Surgical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 259-268

  Tingstedt, B ^a,b   Isaksson, K ^a   Andersson, E ^a   Andersson, R ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal adhesions; Adhesion prevention; Barriers; Bioactive polypeptide; Carboxymethylcellulose; Fibrin sealant; Hyaluronic acid; Icodextrin; Polyethylene glycol; Polytetrafluoroethylene

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALTEPLASE; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; APROTININ; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CELECOXIB; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FLUOROURACIL; HEPARIN; HYALURONIC ACID; ICODEXTRIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METHYLENE BLUE; MITOMYCIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PEPSIN A; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SIMVASTATIN; STREPTOKINASE; TAUROLIDINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA ANTIBODY; TRYPSIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; UROKINASE;

ABDOMINAL ADHESION; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYSTALLOID; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLOTATION; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LAPAROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADHESIONS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34548061573     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102591     Document Type: Review

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