Battling adhesions: from understanding to prevention
Abstract Adhesions represent a major burden in clinical practice, particularly following abdominal, intrauterine, pericardial and tendon surgical procedures. Adhesions are initiated by a disruption in the epithelial or mesothelial layer of tissue, which leads to fibrin adhesion sites due to the down...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-02-01
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| Series: | BMC Biomedical Engineering |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42490-019-0005-0 |