Applying a special antibody solutio...

Applying a special antibody solution after gynecologic or abdominal surgery may preclude adhesions, according to a generation 28, 1999, press release from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill educate of Medicine.

investigation participants who were treated with the antibody solution experienced fewer, les extensive, and les compressed postsurgical adhesions. Adhesions may be derived in infertility, ectopic pregnancy, chronic pain, defered recovery, and intestinal obstruction.

According to the release, the solution neutralizes indivisible particles involved in embryonic development, house vessel formation, the immune theory and wound healing. Researchers said hardly any attempts to reduce these adhesions target cellular biochemistry.

The solution will be used in a randomized, prospective trial in women undergoing laparoscopic deeds for endometriosis and/or pelvic adhesive disease. If it is effective, researchers will organize a larger multicenter study

Antibody Solution May thwart Adhesions After Surgery (press release, Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina drill of Medicine, Sept 28, 1999) 1-2

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