Figure 1.

Macroscopic images of the rats. A: Appearance of the visceral pleura after abrasion with dry and iodinated spanch. B: Placement of a 3 x 3 cm anti-adhesion membrane (Prevadh®) in the adhesion model-induced rat between the lung and parietal pleura. C: Recurrent thoracotomy of the Group B at the 9^th intercostal space after 21 days and image of the adhered lung and adhesions across the previous thoracotomy line. D: Image of the recurrent thoracotomy after 21 days in the Group C with anti-adhesion membrane installed.