Open AccessAdhesion prevention in myomectomy
Author(s) -
Bhaskar Pal
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of gynecological endoscopy and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-1216
pISSN - 0974-7818
DOI - 10.4103/0974-1216.85275
Subject(s) - adhesion , medicine , surgery , peritoneal cavity , scar tissue , tissue adhesion , ideal (ethics) , peritoneum , chemistry , philosophy , organic chemistry , epistemology
Adhesions are abnormal fibrous connections, joining tissue surfaces in abnormal locations. Adhesions form after any trauma involving the peritoneum and the injured tissue surface or directly between the injured tissue surfaces. The ideal anti-adhesion agent should be safe, efficacious, easy to use in all types of surgery, and economical. It should prevent adhesions at the site of surgery as well as throughout the peritoneal cavity. Needless to say, the ideal agent is still elusive.