Prevention of pleural adhesions using a membrane containing polyethylene glycol in rats

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 380-386

  Karacam, Volkan ^a   Onen, Ahmet ^b   Sanli, Aydin ^b   Gurel, Duygu ^b   Kargi, Aydanur ^b   Karapolat, Sami ^c   Ozdemir, Nezih ^b  

^a State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Polyethylene glycols; Thoracic surgery; Thoracotomy; Tissue adhesions

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLYCEROL; MACROGOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MESOTHELIUM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PLEURA; PLEURA ADHESION; PLEURA DISEASE; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; THORACIC CAVITY; THORACOTOMY; TISSUE ADHESION; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 84860408138     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.8.380     Document Type: Article

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