Research Article

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

Table 4

Effect of IFRD on rat abdominal adhesions after operation.

Group Adhesions degree classificationMean ± SDMedian adhesion score
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Normal8710000.125 ± 0.3310
Model8001343.375 ± 0.6963.5
Control8002423 ± 0.7073
Low dose IFRD8123201.75 ± 0.9682
High dose IFRD8222201.5 ± 1.1181.5
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-Wallis analysis.