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ABSTRACT - BACKGROUND: Although many methods have been defined for colonic anastomosis, anastomotic leak still remains important for sepsis control and successful healing. AIM: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of conventional suture, polyglactin 910 mesh, and omental flap coverage on healing and anastomotic leak in experimental colonic anastomosis in rats. METHOD: This study was conducted on 18 Wistar rats and the animals were divided into three groups as follows: Group 1: primary suture group; Group 2: primary suture plus polyglactin 910 mesh group; and Group 3: primary suture plus omental flap coverage group. Groups were compared in terms of anastomotic bursting pressure, inflammation, fibroblastic activity, neovascularization, and collagen amount. RESULTS: There was a statistically significant difference in anastomotic bursting pressure between Groups 1 and 2 and between Groups 1 and 3 (p=0.004, p

Objective: To investigate the effects of physical training on metabolic and morphological parameters of diabetic rats. Methods: Wistar rats were randomized into four groups: sedentary control, trained control, sedentary diabetic and trained diabetic. Diabetes mellitus was induced by Alloxan (35mg/kg) administration for sedentary diabetic and Trained Diabetic Groups. The exercise protocol consisted of swimming with a load of 2.5% of body weight for 60 minutes per day (5 days per week) for the trained control and Trained Diabetic Groups, during 6 weeks. At the end of the experiment, the rats were sacrificed and blood was collected for determinations of serum glucose, insulin, albumin and total protein. Liver samples were extracted for measurements of glycogen, protein, DNA and mitochondrial diameter determination. Results: The sedentary diabetic animals presented decreased body weight, blood insulin, and hepatic glycogen, as well as increased glycemia and mitochondrial diameter. The physical training protocol in diabetic animals was efficient to recovery body weight and liver glycogen, and to decrease the hepatic mitochondrial diameter. Conclusion: Physical training ameliorated hepatic metabolism and promoted important morphologic adaptations as mitochondrial diameter in liver of the diabetic rats. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a relação entre o refluxo êntero-gástrico e Helicobacter pylori na gênese de neoplasias epiteliais e seus precursores, no rato submetido a gastrectomia subtotal com reconstrução a Billroth II. MÉTODO: Foram operados 20 ratos machos da raça Wistar, divididos igualmente em dois grupos: um grupo controle submetido à laparotomia exploradora e outro submetido à gastrectomia subtotal a BII. Após nove meses de operados, os animais foram mortos e seus estômagos estudados quanto à quantificação de H. pylori por glândula gástrica e à alterações epiteliais neoplásicas ou pré-neoplásicas. RESULTADOS: Os animais gastrectomizados tiveram percentual maior de colonização por H. pylori, assim como de alterações epiteliais que variaram do aumento do número de mitoses ao carcinoma invasor. CONCLUSÃO: O comprometimento glandular por H. pylori aumenta com o refluxo êntero-gástrico proporcionado pela gastectomia parcial, e está associado ao desenvolvimento de adenocarcinoma de coto gástrico em ratos.