title: Fibrinolytic activity of mesothelial lining of the displaced peritoneum.
abstract: Because of the suggestive analogy between a large hernial sac and the irreversibly displaced serosa, a prospective controlled study has been carried out in order to compare the fibrinolytic activity of mesothelial cells of the sac and of the parietal peritoneum in man. Results suggest the importance of undamaged mesothelial cells for the fibrinolytic activity of the peritoneal serosa. Careful defense of the mesothelial lining from direct trauma and damage has therefore to be regarded as necessary and perhaps sufficient requirement to preserve the fibrinolytic activity of attached peritoneal flaps dislocated to cover or separate the surgically deperitonealized surfaces.
mesh_terms: D005342:Fibrinolysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000378:metabolism*; D011446:Prospective Studies