Hyaluronic acid-carboxymethylcellulose reduced postoperative bowel adhesions following laparoscopic urologic pelvic surgery: a prospective, randomized, controlled, single-blind study

Table 3 Adhesion characteristics in the Hyaluronic acid-carboxymethylcellulose (HA/CMC) group and the control group

	HA/CMC group (n = 25)			Control group (n = 25)			p-value
	V0 (0 week)	V2 (24 weeks)	p-value	V0 (0 week)	V2 (24 weeks)	p-value	p-value
Ultrasound findings
Average excursion distance of the viscera slide	4.2 ± 0.6	2.7 ± 1.2	<0.001^a	4.1 ± 0.7	1.3 ± 1.0	<0.001^a
Difference in V0 and V2	1.48 ± 1.5			2.9 ± 1.2			<0.001^b
% of restricted viscera slide sites	0	34.4 (43/125)		0	59.2 (74/125)		<0.001^c

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