Adhesions can be found after virtually every abdominopelvic operation performed through
standard laparotomy as well as by laparoscopic approaches. Adhesions can be completely …

Peritoneal adhesions are a near inevitable occurrence after laparotomy and a major cause
of both patient and physician misery. To date, clinical attempts at their amelioration have …

Postoperative adhesions protect, repair, and supply nutrients to injured tissues; however,
such adhesions often remain permanent and complicate otherwise successful surgeries by …

Biomaterials have had a major impact on the practice of contemporary medicine and patient
care. Growing into a major interdisciplinary effort involving chemists, biologists, engineers …

Postoperative tissue adhesion and poor tendon healing are major clinical problems
associated with tendon surgery. To avoid postoperative adhesion and promote tendon …

Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is an accepted treatment for early esophageal
cancer and precancerous lesions, but resection of a large mucosal area often leads to …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Various materials have been tested for their ability to maintain a
barrier between muscles and epidural space in order to physically or chemically inhibit scar …

Background Scar tissue formation is the major cause of failure in peripheral nerve surgery.
Use of a hyaluronic acid-carboxymethylcellulose (HA-CMC) membrane (Seprafilm) as a …

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the long-term effect of the use of a
hyaluronic acid-carboxymethylcellulose membrane (Seprafilm) on the incidence of …

Adhesion formation is a well-known complication of abdominal surgery. Although one third
of all deliveries in the United States are by cesarean delivery (CD), little is known about …