Surgical adhesions: A sticky macrophage problem.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Herrick, Sarah E., ; Allen, Judith E.
- Source
- Science; 3/5/2021, Vol. 371 Issue 6533, p993-994, 2p, 1 Diagram
- Subject
- Patients
Gastrointestinal surgery
Tissue adhesions
Scars
Bowel obstructions
- Language
- ISSN
- 00368075
The article presents the discussion on patients having gastrointestinal surgery developing adhesions. Topics include scar tissue arising in the abdominal cavity leading to small bowel obstruction and infertility in women; and demonstrating the macrophages in the peritoneal cavity residing to be the sites of damage forming an immediate protective wound covering.