Fibrinolysis in the Peritoneal Fluid During Adhesions, Endometriosis and Ongoing Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

The concentrations of the specific activators (u-PA and t-PA) and the specific inhibitors (PAI-1 and PAI-2) of the fibrinolytic system were analyzed in the peritoneal fluid in women suffering from intra-abdominal adhesions, endometriosis or pelvic inflammatory diseases (PID). Peritoneal fluids were collected from ten women in whom a laparotomy was performed and an additional 108 in whom a laparoscopy was carried out. In comparison with the normal control patients all activators and inhibitors were significantly increased in cases of PID and when a second-look laparoscopy was performed one week after laparotomy with adhesiolysis. At laparoscopies, when adhesions were verified, u-PA in the peritoneal fluid was significantly increased and in cases of endometriosis PAI-2 was significantly reduced. The start of a laparotomy in order to remove adhesions, initiates a process, resulting in a significant increase of PAI-2 antigen in the pelvic fluid. The results imply that the fibrinolytic system is comprehensively activated in the peritoneal cavity during ongoing inflammatory reaction, and after adhesiolysis. The increase in plasminogen activators in the peritoneal fluid in established cases of pelvic adhesions or endometriosis may indicate that the fibrinolytic system is continuously active to inhibit the further formation of adhesions. Similar content being viewed by others

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