BACKGROUND Intra-peritoneal adhesions are frequent following abdominal surgery and are the most common cause of small bowel obstructions. A hyaluronic acid/carboxymethylcellulose (HA/CMC) film adhesion barrier has been shown to reduce adhesion formation in abdominal surgery. An HA/CMC powder formulation was developed for application during laparoscopic procedures. METHODS This was an explorat...

PURPOSE Ankaferd Blood Stopper (ABS) is an herbal extract attained from 5 different plants. It has the therapeutic potential to be used for the management of external hemorrhage and controlling gastrointestinal bleedings. To date, the safety of ABS for intraperitoneal usage is not clear. In this study, we investigated the effectiveness and safety of using intraperitoneal ABS in an experimental ...

The majority of patients with adhesions may remain asymptomatic for many years, if not for lifetime. Adhesions may cause mechanical intestinal obstruction: they are responsible of the majority of small bowel occlusions. Adhesions can also cause chronic abdominal pain, irregular bowel movements, dyspepsia, dyspareunia and infertility. Surgery is mandatory in case of acute intestinal obstruction,...

objective: to determine the epidemiological, clinical, laboratory characteristics as well as outcome of 411 patients with bowel obstruction in southern iran. methods: this was a cross-sectional study being performed in shahid faghihi hospital of shiraz between 2006 and 2012. we reviewed the medical charts of the 411 patients with initial diagnosis of bowel obstruction who were admitted to our c...

Intraabdominal adhesions develop after abdominal surgery as part of the normal healing processes that occur after damage to the peritoneum. Over the last 2 decades, much research has gone into understanding the biochemical and cellular processes that lead to adhesion formation. The early balance between fibrin deposition and degradation seems to be the critical factor in adhesion formation. Alt...

Background: The formation of adhesions following abdominal surgery is a well known problem. In previous studies we demonstrated the efficacy and safety of intraperitoneally applied phospholipids in order to prevent adhesion formation. This study evaluates the influence of blood on the efficacy of intraperitoneally applied phospholipids for prevention of adhesions. Methods: In 40 Chinchilla rabb...

Arteriocolic fistula is a rare but life-threatening condition. We report the case of a 70-year-old man who presented with passage of bloody stools and intolerable abdominal pain. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy failed to identify the source of the bleeding. Contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomographic scans showed an aneurysm arising from the left common iliac artery with close a...

BACKGROUND The use of alloplastic meshes has been historically contra-indicated in patients with infection. AIM To evaluate the use of polypropylene meshes in the treatment of abdominal wall defects in rats with peritonitis. METHODS Twenty Wistar female rats were divided into two groups: induction of peritonitis (test group) and without peritonitis (control group). An abdominal wall defect ...

In the present study, efficiency of intra-abdominal use macerated oil obtained from Taşköprü Garlic (Kastamonu/Türkiye), which is one products with geographical indication-from European Union, in preventing postoperative adhesions. The chemical structure macerated-oil, prepared using fresh-garlic at a concentration 1.2 g/ml olive oil, was analyzed by spectrophotometric and chromatographic metho...