Molecular characterization of postoperative adhesions: the adhesion phenotype.

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Postoperative adhesion development remains a very frequent occurrence, which is often unrecognized by surgeons because of limited ability to conduct early second-look laparoscopies. The consequences include infertility, pelvic pain, bowel obstruction, and difficult reoperative procedures. To date, approaches to limit adhesions primarily have involved barriers to separate tissue during reepithelization. Future...

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