title: A successful attempt to prevent postoperative adhesions between the mediastinum and a lung: a canine model.
abstract: A bioabsorbable sheet was sutured to cover the right-sided mediastinal pleurectomy defect, whereas not in a control. There was a significant difference in mediastinal adhesions with a lung between the groups. Our findings suggested that the sheet may prevent postoperative adhesions between the mediastinum and a lung.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioartificial Organs, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Kawaharacho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan, mhamaji@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Masatsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamaji
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000517:prevention & control