Panax notoginseng is the root of the Chinese traditional herb, Panax notoginseng (Burk) F.H. Chen. This study was aimed to investigate the inhibitory effect of Panax notoginseng saponins (PNS) on the leukocyte adhesion and the expression of adhesion molecules in rat mesentery venules. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were anesthetized with urethane. These were divided into control, LPS (perfused with l...

Mesenteric lymphangioma is a rare entity with only case reports and small series available in the published literature. We report a 48 years female patient with non-specific abdominal complaints and a cystic mass identified at CT and US. At laparotomy we found a 5 cm cystic mass developed between the folds of the mesentery of the jejunum and an adhesion between the transverse mesocolon and the ...

After uterine fibroid embolization (UFE), the development of intra-abdominal adhesions, especially those involving the bowel, is a very rare complication. Seven months after UFE, a patient had a complete small bowel obstruction develop that was caused by an adhesive band between the posterior fibroid and cul-de-sac. She underwent an exploratory laparotomy, lysis of adhesion, and myomectomy. No ...

INTRODUCTION This report describes a rare complication of colonoscopy and reviews the literature with regard to other rare causes of acute abdominal presentations following colonoscopy. CASE PRESENTATION After a therapeutic colonoscopy a 60-year-old woman developed an acute abdomen. At laparotomy she was discovered to have small bowel obstruction secondary to incarceration through a congenita...

Gossypiboma refers to a mass resulting from a retained gauze pad accidentally left within the body after surgery. Although the clinical features are diverse, it is often found incidentally as a mass having an internal cystic change and adhesion to adjacent organs. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) is helpful, yet the initial diagnosis can be misleading in cases with atypical findings. We repor...

Background: To study the causes of intestinal obstruction with regards to symptoms,duration of symptoms and subsequent management. Methods: This observational study included 120 consecutive patients with clinical symptoms and signs of intestinal obstruction along with abdominal radiographic findings consistent with mechanical intestinal obstruction or those verified at operation subsequently to...

Chronic periaortitis (CP) is an uncommon inflammatory disease which primarily involves the infrarenal portion of the abdominal aorta. However, CP should be regarded as a generalized disease with three different pathophysiological entities, namely idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF), inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm and perianeurysmal RPF. These entities share similar histopathologic...

Postsurgical adhesion formation is the most common complication in abdominal and pelvic surgery. Adhesiolysis is the most commonly applied treatment for adhesion formation but is often followed by adhesion reformation. Therefore, an efficient strategy should be adopted to solve these problems. This study aimed to explore whether hyaluronic acid and oxidized regenerated cellulose (ORC) could pre...

Although materials and modern surgical techniques have been developed to suppress postoperative adhesions, adhesion formation can still occur, and thus, a novel effective anti-adhesion drug is greatly needed. In the present study, we explored the efficacy of paeoniflorin treatment against postoperative peritoneal adhesions and examined the anti-oxidative stress and anti-inflammatory properties ...

BACKGROUND Ischemia is the most important factor compromises wound healing in colonic anastomosis. Mesenteric vessels are ligated at first while performing colonic resection and following anastomosis. Therefore blood supply of the related segments of colon temporarily interrupted and ischemia can easily occur. This study was carried out to explore whether Bosentan, an endothelin-receptor antago...