title: Experimental study of starch-induced intraperitoneal adhesions.
abstract: The effects of starch on the development of postoperative adhesions were examined in 144 Sprague Dawley rats. Groups of rats were injected intraperitoneally with suspensions of washings from starched gloves, starch-free gloves and starch-poor washed gloves, and after operative manipulation of the bowel. The incidence of adhesions was greatest (78 per cent) after laparotomy and injections of starch-rich washings and least when starch-poor (33 per cent) or starch-free glove suspensions (37 per cent) were used, confirming an advantage for washing gloves or switching to starch-free products.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: McEntee
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Stuart
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leen
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Hennessy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000209:etiology; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013213:Starch / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D013213:Starch