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Because diagnosis and treatment is not simple and patient can suffer from chronic
complain, it is important to prevent adhesion when we are doing gynecologic surgery. Adhesion
may be caused by ischaemia process or inflammatory process. Ischaemia mechanism during
gynecologic surgery can be occurred when tissues are crushed, sutured, or ligated.
Contamination of the peritoneal can also create an adhesion through an inflammatory process,
peritoneal cavity can be contaminated by suture material, talcum powder, blood and faecal
material. To prevent adhesion , a meticulous and gentle surgical procedures must be done during
surgery and minimal tissue trauma also have to be obtained. The use of barrier agents in
adhesion prevention is developing nowadays, a synthetic barrier agents may reduce the incidence
of adhesion but other concern is arrised, they also could cause an inflammatory reaction.