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Adept (icodextrin 4% solution) reduces adhesions after laparoscopic surgery for adhesiolysis: a double-blind, randomized, controlled study
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This is the first randomized, double-blind trial of an adhesion reduction agent and demonstrated that Adept is a safe and effective adhesion Reduction agent in laparoscopy.About:
This article is published in Fertility and Sterility.The article was published on 2007-11-01. It has received 206 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Icodextrin.read more
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ESHRE guideline: management of women with endometriosis
Gerard A.J. Dunselman,Nathalie Vermeulen,Christian M. Becker,Carlos Calhaz-Jorge,B. De Bie,O. Heikinheimo,L. Kiesel,Annemiek W. Nap,Andrew M. Prentice,Ertan Saridogan,David Soriano,Willianne L.D.M. Nelen +11 more
TL;DR: This guideline was produced by a group of experts in the field using the structured methodology of the Manual for ESHRE Guideline Development, including a thorough systematic search of the literature, quality assessment of the included papers up to January 2012 and consensus within the guideline group on all recommendations.
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Pathophysiology and prevention of postoperative peritoneal adhesions
TL;DR: The authors reviewed the epidemiology, pathogenesis and various prevention strategies of adhesion formation, using Medline and PubMed search, and found that several preventive agents against postoperative peritoneal adhesions have been investigated but most are contradictory and achieved mostly in animal model.
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Prevention of postoperative peritoneal adhesions: a review of the literature.
Beat Schnüriger,Galinos Barmparas,Bernardino C. Branco,Thomas Lustenberger,Kenji Inaba,Demetrios Demetriades +5 more
TL;DR: General intraoperative preventative techniques, laparoscopic techniques, and the use of bioabsorbable mechanical barriers in the appropriate cases reduce the incidence and severity of peritoneal adhesions.
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Abdominal adhesions: current and novel therapies.
TL;DR: While many therapies for abdominal adhesions have been attempted, the need for a definitive therapy to prevent or even reduce abdominal adhesion still exists.
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Clinical management of endometriosis.
Tommaso Falcone,Dan I. Lebovic +1 more
TL;DR: The different types of peritoneal disease found in endometriosis patients are presented and the technique used to safely and completely remove the disease is discussed.
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The American Fertility Society classifications of adnexal adhesions, distal tubal occlusion, tubal occlusion secondary to tubal ligation, tubal pregnancies, müllerian anomalies and intrauterine adhesions.
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The American Fertility Society classification of adnexal adhesions, distal tubal occlusion secondary to tubal ligation, tubal pregnancies, Mullerian anomalies and intrauterine adhesions
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Intestinal obstruction from adhesions--how big is the problem?
D. Menzies,Harold Ellis +1 more
TL;DR: In a prospective analysis of 210 patients undergoing a laparotomy, who had previously had one or more abdominal operations, it was found that 93% had intra-abdominal adhesions that were a result of their previous surgery.
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Prevention of postoperative abdominal adhesions by a sodium hyaluronate-based bioresorbable membrane : a prospective, randomized, double-blind multicenter study
James M. Becker,Dayton Mt,Victor W. Fazio,David E. Beck,Stryker Sj,Steven D. Wexner,Bruce G. Wolff,Patricia L. Roberts,Lee E. Smith,Sweeney Sa,Moore M +10 more
TL;DR: HA membrane was safe and significantly reduced the incidence, extent, and severity of postoperative abdominal adhesion formation and prevention after general abdominal surgery using standardized, direct peritoneal visualization.