title: Experimental study on the role of mast cells in peritoneal adhesion formation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the potential role of mast cell stabilisation in the prevention of post-operative adhesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laboratory animal experiment.
  
  
  METHODS
  University hospital, Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety Wistar albino rats.
  
  
  METHODS
  Under anaesthesia, a lower midline laparotomy was performed, the caecum exposed and grasped until haemorrhage occurred. The rats were divided into three groups. Group 1, 2 and 3 were intra-peritoneally administered 1 ml of saline, disodium cromoglycate 5 mg/kg in 1 ml of saline and 10 mg/kg in 1 ml of saline, respectively thirty minutes prior to laparotomy and immediately subsequent to abdominal closure. They were later sacrificed, laparotomy repeated and the presence and extent of intraabdominal adhesions evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adhesion scores were best in the high disodium cromoglycate dose group of rats (p < 0.05) and the number of degranulated mast cells was significantly low in this group (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Disodium cromoglycate may be an effective agent for attenuating adhesion formation when administered in suitable doses.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Medical School of Kocaeli University, Turkey.
authors.forename: N Z
authors.initials: NZ
authors.lastname: Cantürk
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vural
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cubukcu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duzcen
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Utkan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dülger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004205:Cromolyn Sodium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D004205:Cromolyn Sodium