Preventive Effects of the Intestine Function Recovery Decoction, a Traditional Chinese Medicine, on Postoperative Intra-Abdominal Adhesion Formation in a Rat Model

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The intestine function recovery decoction (IFRD) prevented intra-abdominal adhesion formation in rats. (a) Normal group animals had intra-abdominal adhesions. (b) Model group animals developed a large number of extensive, thick adhesions, which were difficult to separate (black triangle). (c) Intra-abdominal adhesions occurred only slightly less in control group animals (black arrow). (d) The low dose IFRD group exhibited fewer intra-abdominal adhesions (black arrow) than the control group. (e) In the high dose IFRD group, some animals had no intra-abdominal adhesions. (f) Adhesion scores for the macroscopic classification (). The IFRD groups had the lowest scores of adhesions (; ).

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