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Lip adhesion: unusual complication of Stevens-Johnson syndrome

Royan SJ

J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 2010 Apr;68(4):901-3.
PMID: 19926381 DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.02.011
Matched MeSH terms: Tissue Adhesions/etiology
Fulltext Adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) in children--role of conservative management

Vijay K, Anindya C, Bhanu P, Mohan M, Rao PLNG

Med J Malaysia, 2005 Mar;60(1):81-4.
PMID: 16250285

Adhesive small bowel obstruction (ASBO) is an annoying postoperative complication. Though the diagnosis can be made easily, the role of conservative management in children is controversial. Hence a study was conducted to determine the role of conservative management, and to identify the factors that can predict / influence the outcome of conservative treatment in children with ASBO. Children admitted with ASBO from 1980 to 2002 (22 year period) formed the material for this study. The data was analyzed with respect to the influence of age at the time of presentation, primary disease for which original laparotomy was done, time interval between the primary surgery and the development of ASBO and the number of laparotomies prior to the development of ASBO on the outcome of conservative management. There were 74 episodes of ASBO in 69 children (Five children had two episodes). Out of 74 episodes, 5 episodes (6.75%) needed immediate laparotomy for suspected gangrene. All others were managed conservatively. Of the 69 episodes managed conservatively, 36 responded to conservative treatment (2-5 days) while 33 required subsequent surgical intervention, with 11 of them requiring bowel resection (two for gangrene and 9 for bowel damage during adhesiolysis) and in the rest 22 cases adhesiolysis. A substantial number of children with ASBO respond well to conservative treatment. Majority of the children developed ASBO within three months after the primary laparotomy. Children below the age of one year (at the time of presentation with ASBO) responded poorly to the conservative management. Children who had primary surgery for Hirschsprung's disease and intussusception also appeared to have responded poorly to conservative management, but statistically not significant. Time interval between the primary surgery and the number of laparotomies before the child developed ASBO did not influence the outcome of conservative management.

Matched MeSH terms: Tissue Adhesions/etiology
Nasal septal clamp

Raman R, Dahalil MB

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2000 Dec;123(6):750.
PMID: 11112973
Matched MeSH terms: Tissue Adhesions/etiology
De novo formation of adhesions in endometriosis: the role of iron and free radical reactions

Arumugam K, Yip YC

Fertil Steril, 1995 Jul;64(1):62-4.
PMID: 7789581

OBJECTIVE: To show that raised iron levels in the peritoneal fluid (PF) of patients with endometriosis catalyze free radical reactions that results in the tissue destruction and fibrosis seen in these patients.
DESIGN: A case-controlled study of the iron levels (microgram/mL) in the pelvic PF of 12 patients with moderate-to-severe disease, 15 patients with minimal-to-mild disease and in 17 women with normal pelvises were compared. As an index of free radical reactions through lipid peroxidation, the levels of malondialdehyde levels (ng/mL) were assessed simultaneously in the same specimens.
RESULTS: Controlling for the phase of the menstrual cycle, significantly higher levels of iron were seen in patients with endometriosis, the levels being correlated with the severity of the disease. However no such corresponding relationship was seen in the malondialdehyde levels in the PF.
CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that raised iron levels in the PF do not play a role in catalyzing free radical reactions as judged by the degree of lipid peroxidation.

Matched MeSH terms: Tissue Adhesions/etiology*