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ArticleJournal of Korean Neurosurgical Society2016

Effects of a Temperature-Sensitive, Anti-Adhesive Agent on the Reduction of Adhesion in a Rabbit Laminectomy Model.

Jeong Woo Park, Koang Hum Bak, Tae Koo Cho, Hyoung-Joon Chun, Je Il Ryu

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Article in Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jeong Woo ParkDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Koang Hum BakDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Tae Koo ChoDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Bone Spine & Joint Hospital Spine Center, Seoul, Korea.
Hyoung-Joon ChunDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Je Il RyuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hanyang University Guri Hospital, Guri, Korea.
Hanyang University Medical Center · KRHanyang University Guri Hospital · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveA common cause of failure in laminectomy surgery is when epidural, peridural, or perineural adhesion occurs postoperatively. The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a temperature-sensitive, anti-adhesive agent (TSAA agent), Guardix-SG®, as a mechanical barrier for the prevention or reduction of peridural scar adhesion in a rabbit laminectomy model.

methodsTwenty-six mature rabbits were used for this study. Each rabbit underwent two separate laminectomies at lumbar vertebrae L3 and L6, left empty (the control group) and applied 2 mL of the TSAA agent (the experimental group), respectively. Invasive scar formation or inflammation after laminectomy was quantitatively evaluated by measuring the thickness of the dura, the distance from the surface of dura to the scar tissues, the number of inflammatory cells in the scar tissues at the laminectomy site, and the concentration of collagen in histological sections.

resultsAt 6 weeks postsurgery, the dura was significantly thinner and the distance from the surface of dura to the scar tissues was greater in the experimental group than in the control group (p=0.04 and p=0.01). The number of inflammatory cells was not significantly different in the two groups (p=0.08), although the mean number of inflammatory cells was relatively lower in the experimental group than in the control group.

conclusionThe current study suggests that the TSAA agent, Guardix-SG®, could be useful as an interpositional physical barrier after laminectomy for the prevention or reduction of adhesion.

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Anti-adhesive agentEpidural adhesionEpidural fibrosisLaminectomy

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PMID27226857
PMCPMC4877548
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