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.