Q: My doctor said I may have abdominal adhesions after having my appendix removed. What are these? A: Adhesions are basically scar tissue inside your body that may stick (adhere) to body tissue and/or ...

Surgical adhesions — internal bands of scar tissue that form between organs or tissues after surgery— can lead to severe complications such as bowel obstructions, chronic pain, and infertility while ...

Rope-like bands of internal scar tissue that form in 70-90% of patients who undergo abdominal surgery have bedeviled patients and surgeons since medical literature history's recording of adhesions in ...

Following surgery within the abdominal or pelvic cavities, scar tissue often forms on the inner linings of these cavities and may adhere to the organs which are found within them. This adhesion occurs ...

Painful surgical adhesions may be preventable by taking the COX-2 inhibitor Celebrex®, a common oral arthritis drug, just before and immediately after surgery, report researchers at Children's ...

LB1148 was previously granted Fast Track Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of postoperative GI dysfunction associated with pediatric cardiovascular surgery ...

CARLSBAD, Calif., April 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading BioSciences, Inc. (“LBS” or "the Company"), a privately held company that recently entered into a definitive agreement for a reverse merger ...

ARC Medical’s Novel Fluid Medical Device JOCOAT™ in Clinical Development to Prevent or Reduce Surgical Adhesions Deployed in Surgical Patients for First Time The use of ARC’s fluid medical devices in ...

Up to 90% of abdominal surgeries result in adhesions -- abnormal scarring that ties together organs and tissues. A gel has now been shown to prevented adhesions in mice and pigs. Surgical adhesions -- ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Adhesion Barrier Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Product (Synthetic, Natural), By Formulation (Film/Mesh, Gel), By Application (Cardiovascular, ...