Postoperative adhesion development following cesarean and open intra-abdominal gynecological operations: A review

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1166-1185

  Awonuga, Awoniyi O ^a,b   Fletcher, Nicole M ^b   Saed, Ghassan M ^a,b   Diamond, Michael P ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

adhesions; cesarean; gynecological operations

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROMODULIN; PEPTIDE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CELL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CHICKEN; DYSMENORRHEA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PERITONEAL DISEASES; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE ADHESIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81555208669     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719111414206     Document Type: Review

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