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Use of adhesion prevention adjuvants has become the standard of practice following gynecologic as well as general surgery [1–3]. The frequent occurrence of adhesions after peritoneal cavity surgery and clinical consequences of adhesions, including increased rates of reoperation, postoperative bowel obstruction, infertility, and chronic pelvic pain, which markedly increase healthcare costs, make prevention of adhesions a major contributor to successful postoperative outcome. Devices that reduce postsurgical adhesion formation are a great benefit in reducing postoperative morbidity and failed surgical therapy.
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diZerega, G.S., Korell, M. (2008). Recent Advances in Adhesion Prevention. In: O’Donovan, P. (eds) Complications in Gynecological Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-883-8_6
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