Tài liệu Báo cáo y học: "Prevention of Pleural Adhesions Using a Membrane Containing Polyethylene Glycol "

There are only a few studies on intrapleural adhesions following thoracotomy [1], whereas many clinical and empirical studies have been conducted to investigate adhesions that occur after abdominal surgeries [2, 3]. This is because adhesions following abdominal surgery leads to serious complications, while it is even a desired effect in thoracic surgery, since adhesions that develop between visceral and parietal pleura’s after thoracotomy provides a natural pleurodesis effect by preventing postoperative air leakages and pleural effusion. However, these adhesions may cause significant problems in recurrent thoracotomies.