ArticleJournal of the anus, rectum and colon2018
Absorptive anti-adhesion barrier for the prevention of bowel obstruction after laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery.
Article in Journal of the anus, rectum and colon, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- SeprafilmBMC surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness and Cost-Utility of Anti-Adhesion Agents in Intra-Abdominal Surgery Patients.Journal of Korean medical science · 2026Observational
- Efficacy of Anti-Adhesive Barriers on Outcomes Following Pediatric Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Postoperative Adhesions: Current Research on Mechanisms, Therapeutics and Preventative Measures.Biomedical materials & devices (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Colorectal Cancer: Therapeutic Approaches and Their Complications.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of barrier agents for preventing postoperative bowel obstruction after laparoscopic surgery: a retrospective cohort study.Surgery today · 2021Article
- Surgical complications in colorectal cancer patients.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2020Review
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12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesThe protective efficacy of an absorptive adhesion prevention product (Seprafilm
methodsFrom 2009 to 2016, 1328 laparoscopic colorectal resections were performed for colorectal cancer. From 2009, Seprafilm was used for preventing BO in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. The incidence of BO and short-term results were compared between the Seprafilm and non-Seprafilm groups after propensity score matching.
resultsPropensity scoring generated 270 matched patients per group for the comparisons between the Seprafilm and non-Seprafilm groups. The two groups showed no significant differences regarding patients' backgrounds. Among all patients, 73.1% (19/26) of BO occurred within 30 days after the surgery. Significantly lower incidences of all grade (2.6% vs. 7.0%;
conclusionsSeprafilm was useful for preventing BO, requiring decompression therapy of the bowel, after laparoscopic colorectal surgery without increasing adverse events.
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