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

Table 5

Adhesion scores (extent and severity).

Experiment number	Experimental groups	Mean ± SD
		Extent of adhesion	Severity of adhesion
1	PGA alone group	4.0 ± 0	4.0 ± 0
	Fibrin group	2.8 ± 1.8	2.3 ± 1.8
	SL group	1.6 ± 1.7	2.0 ± 1.8
	WL group	0.1 ± 0.4	0.1 ± 0.4
	NL group	0.3 ± 0.7	0.3 ± 0.7
2	10 W subgroup	2.0 ± 1.3	2.5 ± 1.1
	20 W subgroup	2.0 ± 0.6	2.2 ± 0.7
	40 W subgroup	1.0 ± 0	1.5 ± 1.0
	80 W subgroup	0.7 ± 0.8	0.8 ± 1.2
	160 W subgroup	0 ± 0	0 ± 0
	10 N subgroup	1.8 ± 1.5	2.0 ± 1.6
	20 N subgroup	0.7 ± 0.8	1.2 ± 1.2
	40 N subgroup	0.5 ± 0.6	0.8 ± 1.0
	80 N subgroup	0.3 ± 0.5	0.3 ± 0.5
	160 N subgroup	0 ± 0	0 ± 0

The adhesion scores (extent and severity) are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation.