Preventing intraperitoneal adhesions with ethyl pyruvate and hyaluronic acid/carboxymethylcellulose: a comparative study in an experimental model


Caglayan E. K., Caglayan K., Erdogan N., Cinar H., Gungor B.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY, cilt.181, ss.1-5, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Objective: To compare the effectiveness of ethyl pyruvate (EP) with that of hyaluronic acid + carboxymethyl cellulose (Seprafilm) for the prevention of intraperitoneal adhesions. Seprafilm has been shown to be effective in many experimental and clinical studies.