Abstract

PIP: The study, carried out on 50 mongrel dogs, was designed to determine the necessity for surgical reperitonealization of bowel as well as the effect of raw intestinal surfaces on adhesion formation. Results showed that serosal denudation of the terminal ileum healed spontaneously in 70% of the dogs when denudation involved less that the entire antimesenteric border. Incisions to the submucosa healed spontaneously without adhesions in all cases, while dogs which had their incisions sutured formed dense adhesions in the area on the silk suture.