Comparison between polypropylene and polypropylene with poliglecaprone meshes on intraperitoneal adhesion formation.

OBJECTIVE: to compare intraperitoneal adhesion formation in rats when using polypropylene and polypropylene with poliglecaprone meshes.

METHODS: we used twenty male, Wistar rats, divided in two groups. In group 1, the rats received the polypropylene mesh on their right side and the polypropylene with poliglecaprone mesh on their left side. In group 2 the position of the meshes was inverted. After 30 days, we analyzed the presence or not of adhesion formation, including only those over the meshes. The findings undergone an analysis through the Mann-Whitney test, at a level of significance of p≤0.05.

RESULTS: all meshes presented adhesions. We verified that, for the polypropylene meshes, the percentage of their surface covered by adhesions varied from 10.5 to 100%, with an average of 34.07±24.21%, while for the polypropylene with poliglecaprone mesh, the percentage covered by adhesions varied between 8.5% and 100%, with an average of 44.7±32.85% (p=0.12).

CONCLUSION: both meshes lead to adhesion formation, none being superior to the other.