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Creation of Abdominal Adhesions in Mice
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JoVE Journal Medicine
Creation of Abdominal Adhesions in Mice
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06:44 min

August 27, 2016

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:00Abdominal Adhesion Creation
  • 04:36Abdominal Incision Closure
  • 05:45Results: Representative Abdominal Adhesion Analyses
  • 06:15Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

Abdominal adhesions that form after surgery are a major cause of pain, infertility, and hospitalization and reoperation for small bowel obstruction. Our surgical procedure for creating abdominal adhesions in mice is a reliable tool to study the mechanisms underlying the formation of adhesions.

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