Prevention of Polyglycolic Acid-Induced Peritoneal Adhesions Using Alginate in a Rat Model.

Postoperative intra-abdominal or intrathoracic adhesions sometimes cause significant morbidity. We have designed three types of alginate-based treatments using strongly cross-linked (SL), weakly cross-linked (WL), and non-cross-linked (NL) alginate with calcium gluconate. In rat experiments, we compared the antiadhesive effects of the three types of alginate-based treatments, fibrin glue treatment (a standard treatment), and no treatment against adhesions caused by polyglycolic acid (PGA) mesh (PGA-induced adhesions).

Development of gelatin flakes, a new type of anti-adhesive material: a preliminary study of in vivo rat adhesion models.

To overcome the problems associated with sheet- or film-type anti-adhesive materials, we developed a new type of anti-adhesive material, gelatin flakes. We made two types of gelatin flakes with or without thermal cross-linking, and preliminarily examined their basic properties and the anti-adhesive efficacy using a rodent adhesion model. Both types of the gelatin flakes rapidly turned into gel and tightly attached the injured surfaces, absorbing the moisture and blood, when applied onto the abraded sites of rats.