Research Article

New and Simple Approach for Preventing Postoperative Peritoneal Adhesions: Do not Touch the Peritoneum without Viscous Liquid—A Multivariate Analysis

Table 1

Definitions of macroscopic peritoneal adhesion grading system according to size and severity [11].

GradesAdhesion sizeAdhesion severity

0No adhesionNo adhesion
1Presence of adhesion in 25% of the areaSpontaneously separating adhesion
2Presence of adhesion in 50% of the areaSeparation of adhesion with traction
3Whole area covered with adhesionSeparation of adhesion with a sharp dissection