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

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

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 …

OBJECTIVE: This study was to evaluate the efficacy of the hyarulonic acid (HA)
bioabsorbable membrane combined use with both expanded-polytetrafluoroethylene …

OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to examine the efficacy and safety of a hyaluronan
solution (Guardix-SL) and a temperature sensitive poloxamer solution/gel material (Guardix …

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

Pericardial adhesions subject patients requiring cardiac reoperation to potential injuries of
the heart, great vessels, and extracardiac grafts during resternotomy. We evaluated …

The presence of mediastinal adhesions significantly increases the morbidity and mortality of
reoperative cardiac surgical procedures. Previous investigations have reported on the …

PURPOSE: This study was undertaken to evaluate the antiadhesive properties of a
polymeric agent in infants undergoing staged surgical correction of congenital heart …

Abstract Background N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a precursor of reduced glutathione, has been
in clinical use primarily as a mucolytic. In addition, NAC is well known for their free radical …