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 …

This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of 0.8% sodium hyaluronic acid solution
and crosslinked hyaluronic acid mixture for the prevention of postoperative intraperitoneal …

BACKGROUND: Adhesions leading to intestinal obstructions and fistulae are severe
complications related to the intraperitoneal placement of synthetic meshes. This study …

The point of this research was to assess productivity of hyaluronic acid (HA) for reducing
postsurgical adhesions following Observational hernial ventral recovery in dogs. Twelve …

Aseptic peritonitis was induced in rabbits by intraperitoneal injection of irritating agents,
mainly starch suspensions. The inflammatory response was followed in the peritoneal …

The hypothesis of this study is that pleural lubrication is enhanced by hyaluronan acting as a
boundary lubricant in pleural liquid and by pleural filtration as reflected in changes in protein …

Acid (HCl) aspiration during anesthesia may lead to acute lung injury. There is no effective
therapy. We hypothesized that HCl instilled intratracheally in C57BL/6 mice results in the …

Chronic exposure of the peritoneal membrane to dialysis solutions causes both
morphological and functional changes, which decrease its efficiency as a dialysis …

While most attempts at developing a treatment for pulmonary emphysema have focused on
the use of elastase inhibitors to reduce elastic fiber damage and the loss of alveoli, this …