This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on Web of Science (14)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

An Experimental Study

MAURICE M. DAVIDSON, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1949;59(2):300-325.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

HERTZLER studied the peritoneum for many years and came to the conclusion that to prevent adhesions is to prevent healing. However, numerous investigators have utilized every imaginable modality, physical and chemical, to control the pathologic effects of adhesions. Many of the methods of procedure have been impractical and the results controversial.

In recent years, Ochsner and others experimented with digestive enzymes such as papain, claiming reduction in postoperative complications due to adhesions. Yardumia and Cooper advocated the use of pepsin intraperitoneally for the same purpose. Other digestants such as trypsin have also been tried.

The utilization of amniotic fluid concentrate (i. e., amfetin) as a stimulator of the peritoneal defense mechanism was investigated by Johnson, Warren, Lacy, Rea and Wangensteen, and favorable reports were published. Larson and Halverson introduced sodium ricinoleate as a peritoneal stimulant. Bargen, Judd, Waldron and Steinberg proposed peritoneal immunization with killed vaccine suspensions of Escherichia coli. Seeley later . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ROSELLE PARK, N. J.

Footnotes
Research project presented to the Department of Graduate Surgery of the New York Medical College, Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospitals, New York city, in application for a degree in surgery.

This project was approved by the Research Committee at its meeting of Jan. 26, 1945, for investigation. Part of this work was done in the Graduate Department of the college with the cooperation of Dr. J. H. Fobes, the director.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?