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Table 1 Scale used for scoring adhesions present at necropsy in each group

From: Comparison of two different barbed suture materials for end-to-end jejuno-jejunal anastomosis in pigs

 

Adhesion scoring

0

No adhesions

1

Solitary adhesion to/from omentum; fibrinous and avascular; adhesion easily released with gentle digital traction

2

Omental adhesions or solitary adhesion to adjacent viscera or body wall; fibrinous/unorganized and avascular; adhesions easily released with gentle digital traction

3

Same as (2) but adhesions are organized, dense, and vascularized; required blunt dissection to free

4

Adhesions (omental, visceral, body wall); well organized dense, vascularized; required sharp dissection to separate

5

Extensive organized adhesions requiring sharp adhesiolysis