Example 4
The mice were randomly divided into groups comprising the same number of animals. The mice were anesthetized with 5% isoflurane (Baxter, Unterschleißheim, Germany) and maintained with 2.5% isoflurane that was delivered through a facemask. Preoperative antisepsis was performed with betaisadona (Nundipharma GmbH, Limburg, Germany). All mice received 0.02 mg/kg buprenorphine (Reckitt Benckiser, Mannheim, Germany) for analgesia subcutaneously.
After median laparotomy the thermic lesions were induced by heat exposure after the viscera (especially the intestine) using a red lamp with a distance of 1 meter for 10 minutes. No further manipulation was performed.
The animals were treated as follows:
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- In the controls, only adhesion induction, but no other intervention was performed.
- In the DNasel multi group, the abdomen of the mice was washed before closure with 1 ml NaCl 0.9% comprising 10 mg/kg bodyweight DNasel (Pulmozyme, Roche, Grenzach, Germany). Additionally, 100 μl NaCl 0.9% was injected i.p. after 24 and 48 hours.
The abdomen war closed using a 6x0 Ethilon (Ethicon Norderstedt, Germany) running suture.