Table 2: Macroscopic adhesion score, biochemical, histopathological findings and VEGF H-Score results
CG: control group, CoG: corn oil group, LLG: low lycopene group, HLG: high lycopene group, VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor, TAC: total antioxidant capacity, MDA: malondialdehyde
Pa: comparison between CG and CoG, Pb: comparison between CG and HLG, Pc: comparison between CG and LLG, Pd: comparison between CoG and LLG, Pe: comparison between CoG and HLG
* Statistically significant difference compared to CG, CoG and LLG [p <0.05]. # Statistically significant difference compared to CG and CoG [p <0.05].
*Data was analysed using oneway anova test,**Data was analysed using Tukey HSD test
Figure 1: Adhesion examples; a: adhesions between bowel and uterine horn, b: fibrous adhesion between bowel and uterine horn, c,d: Complete adhesion to the anterior abdominal wall and bowel
Figure 2: a: CG black arrow ; high level of inflammation in the perimetrium and between smooth muscles,arrowhead; moderate edema, h ; hyperemia magnification 4X, b: CG black arrow ; high level of inflammation in the perimetrium and between smooth muscles,arrowhead; moderate edema, magnification 10X c:CoG black arrow ; high level of inflammation in the perimetrium and between smooth muscles, h; hyperemia magnification 4X, d: CoG arrowhead; moderate edema, magnification 10X, e: LLG black arrow ; high level of inflammation in the perimetrium, h;hyperemia magnification 4X, f: LLG black arrow ; high level of inflammation in the perimetrium, arrowhead;medium edema magnification 10X, g: HLG black arrow ; low level inflammation in perimetrium 4X, h: HLGblack arrow ; low level inflammation in perimetrium, magnification 10X, Hematoxylin Eosin Staining.
Figure 3: Anti VEGF immunohistochemical staining. a : CG, b: CoG, c: LLG, d: HLG, magnification of large pictures is 10X, thumbnails represent vascular structures belonging to groups.