The effects of melatonin on postoperative intraabdominal adhesion formation

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 659-664

  Hatipoǧlu, Ahmet ^a   Türkyilmaz, Zeliha ^a   Mert, Selva ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intraabdominal adhesion; Ischemia reperfusion injury; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FIBROBLAST; ISCHEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ABDOMEN; ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; MELATONIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 34848918900     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.4.659     Document Type: Article

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