Newly Developed Polyglycolic Acid Reinforcement Unified with Sodium Alginate to Prevent Adhesion

Table 3

Adhesion scores (extent and severity) at 2, 4, and 8 weeks after surgery.

(a)

Experimental group	Extent of adhesion
	2 weeks	4 weeks	8 weeks
PGA alone	2.67 ± 1.03	3.67 ± 0.52	4.00 ± 0
Na-alg	0.67 ± 0.52	0.50 ± 0.84	0.17 ± 0.41
Ca-alg	2.00 ± 1.26	2.50 ± 1.64	1.17 ± 1.83

(b)

Experimental group	Severity of adhesion
	2 weeks	4 weeks	8 weeks
PGA alone	3.00 ± 0.89	3.00 ± 0.89	3.83 ± 0.41
Na-alg	1.00 ± 0.89	0.5 ± 0.84	0.17 ± 0.41
Ca-alg	3.17 ± 0.41	2.50 ± 1.76	1.17 ± 1.83

Mean ± SD; versus PGA alone: and ; versus Na-alg: