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Oral or topical administration of L-arginine changes the expression of TGF and iNOS and results in early wounds healing

Acta cir. bras; 31 (9), 2016
ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To evaluate the contribution of L-arginine oral or topical rout of administration in the surgical wound healing process. METHODS: L-arginine was orally or topically administrated to mice after a laparotomy model procedure. The wounds were analyzed to evaluate the granulation tissue by...

Síndrome de Ehlers-Danlos, variante clássica: apresentação de um caso e revisão da literatura
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Classical variant: presentation of A case and literature review

Diagn. tratamento; 21 (3), 2016
Contexto: Síndrome de Ehlers-Danlos compreende um grupo de doenças hereditárias caracterizadas pela fragilidade da pele, ligamentos, vasos sanguíneos e órgãos internos. Decorre de diferentes defeitos genéticos na via de biosíntese do colágeno, resultando em alterações na síntese e estrutura d...

Low serum Insulin Like Growth Factor - 1 in patients with Stress Urinary Incontinence

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Objective: SUI, involuntary loss of urine, occurs when intra abdominal pressure exceeds urethral pressure in women. Recent animal study has shown that there are therapeutic effects of Insulin-like growth factors (IGF-1) on stress urinary incontinence in rats with simulated childbirth trauma. IG...

High voltage pulsed current in collagen realignment, synthesis, and angiogenesis after Achilles tendon partial rupture

ABSTRACT Objective To verify the efficacy of high voltage pulsed current in collagen realignment and synthesis and in angiogenesis after the partial rupturing of the Achilles tendon in rats. Method Forty male Wistar rats were randomized into four groups of 10 animals each: sham, cathodic stimulation, a...

Low intensity ultrasound therapy induces angiogenesis and persistent inflammation in the chronic phase of the healing process of third degree burn wounds experimentally induced in diabetic and non-diabetic rats

Acta cir. bras; 31 (7), 2016
ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of low intensity ultrasound on the healing process of third degree burn wounds in experimentally induced diabetic Wistar rats. METHODS: One hundred rats were divided into: control group; non-diabetic treated group; diabetic control group; diabetic treated group...

Effects of L-Glutamine oral supplementation on prostate of irradiated rats

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Objectives To investigate the protective effect of L-Glutamine in animals undergone to ventral radiation when the target organ is not the prostate. Materials and Methods Wistar rats were divided into groups of 10 animals each: Controls (C), maintained under standard conditions and not expose...

Host inflammatory response to polypropylene implants: insights from a quantitative immunohistochemical and birefringence analysis in a rat subcutaneous model

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Objectives To describe acute and sub acute aspects of histological and immunohistochemical response to PP implant in a rat subcutaneous model based on objective methods. Materials and Methods Thirty rats had a PP mesh subcutaneously implanted and the same dissection on the other side of abdo...

Factors affecting visual acuity after accelerated crosslinking in patients with progressive keratoconus

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: The present study aimed to report the outcomes of patients with progressive keratoconus who were treated via accelerated crosslinking (CXL) 6 months earlier and to determine the factors that promoted improved visual acuity after treatment. Methods: This retrospective study included 35...

The effects of riboflavin and ultraviolet light on keratocytes cultured in vitro

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: To culture quiescent human keratocytes and evaluate the effects of ultraviolet light and riboflavin on human corneal keratocytes in vitro. Methods: Keratocytes were obtained from remaining corneoscleral ring donor corneas previously used in corneal transplant surgeries and cultured in...

Tissue dissolution and modifications in dentin composition by different sodium hypochlorite concentrations

J. appl. oral sci; 24 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) remains the most used irrigation solution during root canal preparation because of characteristics such as wide-spectrum antimicrobial activity and organic tissue dissolution capacity. However, these solutions can alter dentin composition and there is no consensus on ...