title: Postoperative intraperitoneal adhesion pathophysiology.
abstract: Aside from the normal 'ad integrum' peritoneal regeneration, the postoperative intraperitoneal adhesion formation process may be considered as the pathological part of peritoneal healing following any injury, particularly a surgical one. Despite a large body of clinical and experimental studies, its pathophysiology remains controversial. Moreover, a better understanding of the pathophysiological events and of the medical and surgical factors involved in the adhesion formation process is pivotal in any attempt to control this very frequent phenomenon and its serious consequences.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgie Générale et Digestive, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, 83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, Paris, France. jean-jacques.duron@psl.aphp.fr
authors.forename: J-J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Duron
mesh_terms: D005342:Fibrinolysis; D006801:Humans; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*