Prevention of Polyglycolic Acid-Induced Peritoneal Adhesions Using Alginate in a Rat Model

Figure 2

Adhesion scores in Experiment 2. The columns show the mean scores and bars indicate the standard deviation. The black column shows the scores in the PGA alone group, the gray column shows the scores in the fibrin group, the mesh pattern columns show the scores in the five WL subgroups, and the white columns show the scores in the five NL subgroups. The extent of adhesion is described in A1 and A2, and the severity of adhesions is described in B1 and B2. The adhesion scores in the WL and NL groups were compared with those in the PGA alone group (A1 and B1) and the fibrin group (A2 and B2). values < 0.05 are marked by an asterisk () and those <0.01 are marked by double asterisks () and shown in the upper right of the graph in capital letters.

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