Background: Post-thoracotomy adhesions are frequent postoperative complications. It has
been reported that insoluble hyaluronic acid may prevent adhesions. Materials and …

Hyaluronan influences lung fluid balance. The clearance of lung hyaluronan by way of the
pulmonary lymphatics and the pleural space is increased when fluid flux into the interstitium …

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 …

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

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

We developed a method that used Alcian blue bound to hyaluronan to measure pleural
hyaluronan in rabbits postmortem. Rabbits were killed, then ventilated with 21% O 2–5% CO …

Insoluble hyaluronic acid (IHA) may prevent adhesions by forming a physical barrier during
the period when postoperative adhesions form. This study was performed to verify the …

The effects of increased hydrostatic pressure on the concentrations of hyaluronan
(hyaluronic acid) in lung lymph and serum were investigated in awake sheep with a cannula …

Background: Recurrent thoracotomies regardless of the cause are not a rare occurrence.
However, each thoracotomy results in adhesion to some extent. This adhesions increase …

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