摘要 |
<p>An improved method for preventing adhesions during surgery. Tissue surfaces and surgical articles involved in the surgery are coated with a solution of a hydrophilic, polymeric material prior to manipulation of the tissue during surgery. The polymeric material is: (1) a substantially water-soluble polymer having at least one CnF2n+1 substituent wherein n ≥ 4, having a molecular weight of less than about 60,000; (2) a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or complex thereof; or (3) mixtures thereof. The concentration of the aqueous solution of the polymeric material is in the range of from about 0.1 % to about 5.0 % by weight, the molecular weight and concentration having values such that the aqueous solution is capable of providing wet coatings on the tissue.</p> |