Intraperitoneal Oxygen/Ozone Treatment Decreases the Formation of Experimental Postsurgical Peritoneal Adhesions and the Levels/Activity of the Local Ubiquitin-Proteasome System

Table 1

Score assigned to rats 10 days after the induction of the procedure for the development of peritoneal postsurgical adhesions: 1, presence of few loose adhesions in a limited area of the peritoneum. 6, presence of dense adhesions and failure in access to the peritoneal cavity. The rats (𝑛=15 for each group) were treated with oxygen (vehicle control, 3 mL) and with oxygen/ozone mixture (3 mL, equivalent to 300 𝜇g/kg). The symbol + indicates the animals showing adhesion.

Adhesions score	Oxygen (3 mL)	Oxygen/ozone; (3 mL; 300 𝜇g/kg)
1	+	++
2	++	+++
3	+	++
4	+	++
5	+++	++
6	+++++++	++++