Background: The need to prevent postoperative adhesions after surgery has been
considered a significant challenge in thoracic surgery, especially with the advent of video …

Reoperation in cardiac surgery is associated with increased risk due to surgical adhesions.
Application of a bioresorbable material could theoretically reduce adhesions and allow later …

Reduction of sternal adhesions is still an issue in cardiac surgery. To evaluate a new fibrillar
porcine collagen absorbable membrane (Cova™ CARD), 16 sheep underwent a sternotomy …

Postoperative pericardial adhesions complicate reoperative cardiac procedures. Topical
application of solutions containing hyaluronic acid have been shown to reduce adhesions …

Purpose Tissue adhesion is a well-known postsurgical phenomenon, causing pain,
functional obstruction, and difficult reoperative surgery. To overcome these problems …

Repeat cardiac surgical procedures are associated with increased technical difficulty and
risk because of the previous formation of dense adhesions between the heart and the …

INTRODUCTION: The presence of dense adhesions within the pericardial space
complicates reoperative cardiac surgery. Prior attempts to reduce adhesion formation after …

Various materials have been suggested for pericardial closure followingcardiac surgery to
limit postoperative adhesion formation. Unfortunately, these devices have caused difficulties …

For the purpose of reducing the risk of lung injury while separating adhesions in repeated
pulmonary resections, the inhibitory effect of hyaluronate based bioresorbable membrane …

Introduction: Formation of postoperative intra‐abdominal adhesions is a severe problem in
surgery. Apart from standard surgical procedures, a variety of different substances is …