Is there any effect of lycopene’s preventing peritoneal adhesion formation in rats: an experimental study

Ahmet Bilgi ¹, Mustafa C. Terek ², Gürkan Yiğittürk ³, Dilek Taşkıran ⁴, Orkun İlgen ⁵, İsmet Hortu ², Bulent Yilmaz ⁶, Cavit Kart ⁷, Fazıl Avcı ⁸ , Mehmet Kulhan ⁹

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey; ² Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey; ³ Department of Histology and Embryology, Mugla Sitki Kocman University Faculty of Medicine, Mugla, Turkey; ⁴ Department of Physiology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey; ⁵ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey; ⁶ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Faculty of Medicine, Rize, Turkey; ⁷ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon. Turkey; ⁸ Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey; ⁹ Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Selcuk University Medical Faculty. Konya, Turkey