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 -- ...

Surgical adhesions—common, sometimes life-threatening complications that arise after open or laparoscopic abdominal surgery—can be prevented in mice and pigs by a gel impregnated with a molecule that ...

Adhesions are lumps of scar tissue that form inside your body. Previous surgeries cause about 90 percent of abdominal adhesions. They can also develop from trauma, infections, or conditions that cause ...