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

Table 3

The numerical scoring of adhesion described by Nair et al.

Grade	Criteria
0	No adhesion band is present
1	A single adhesion band forms between the viscera or between a viscus and the abdominal wall
2	Two bands form between the viscera or between the viscera and abdominal wall
3	More than two bands form between the viscera or between the viscera and abdominal wall, or the whole intestine forms a mass without adhering to the abdominal wall
4	The viscera have directly adhered to the abdominal wall, irrespective of the number of bands