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“…Seprafilm ® is a biocompatible anti-adhesive material that is comprised of modified form of hyaluronic acid and carboxymethylcellulose. Because of its clinically proven efficacy on preventing abdominal adhesions, it has been commonly used by surgeons after abdominal surgery in recent years 3,7 . It should be noted that Seprafilm® reveals its potent efficacy on covered area, however adhesions may develop in uncovered traumatized surfaces.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Seprafilm ® is a biocompatible anti-adhesive material that is comprised of modified form of hyaluronic acid and carboxymethylcellulose. Because of its clinically proven efficacy on preventing abdominal adhesions, it has been commonly used by surgeons after abdominal surgery in recent years 3,7 . It should be noted that Seprafilm® reveals its potent efficacy on covered area, however adhesions may develop in uncovered traumatized surfaces.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This deficiency of Seprafilm underlines the necessity of using liquid anti-adhesive agents to cover all traumatized surfaces. For this purpose, in parallel with understanding the chemical physiology of the peritoneum, pulmonary surfactants has been suggested to use as off-label drugs for preventing adhesion formation 1,7,8 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[3] Postoperative adhesions can cause complications such as small bowel obstruction, chronic pelvic pain, and infertility that may affect an individual's quality of life. [2][3][4][5] Diken Allahverdi et al Effects of alpha lipoic acid on intra-abdominal adhesion: an experimental study in a rat model fects in intra-abdominal adhesion formation. However, we did not come across any other study using the oral form to prevent intra-abdominal adhesions.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Various products are available on the market and are used to prevent/reduce the amount of postoperative adhesions [12, for example hyaluronic acid [13] and its derivates and soluble polysaccharides [14] and phospholipids [15]. However, these formulas have not been shown to reduce the risk of small bowel obstruction [12].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%