... Prevention of Pleural Adhesions Using a Membrane Containing Polyeth-ylene Glycol in Rats Volkan Karacam1, Ahmet Onen2, Aydin Sanli2, Duygu Gurel3, Aydanur Kargi3, Sami Karapolat4, ... Thoracic Surgery; Thoracotomy; Tissue Adhesions; Polyethylene Glycols INTRODUCTION There are only a few studies on intrapleural ad-hesions following thoracotomy [1], whereas many clinical and ... examination Recurrent thoracotomy was performed at the 8th or 9th intercostal space and intrapleural adhesions were analyzed macroscopically (Figure 1C and 1D). Adhesions were scored as...