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Effects of platelet rich plasma on fascial healing in rats with fecal peritonitis

Acta cir. bras; 31 (5), 2016
ABSTRACT PURPOSE : To evaluate the effects of platelet rich plasma (PRP) on the healing of fascia wherein peritonitis has been created. METHODS: Twenty eight Wistar Albino rats were divided into four groups. Only a primary fascial repair following laparotomy was performed on Group 1, a primary fascial...

Golimumabe para o tratamento da artrite psoriásica

Contexto: A artrite psoriásica (APs) é uma doença crônica que envolve tanto artrite da coluna vertebral como as articulações periféficas. Em 80% dos casos, a psoríase cutânea antecede o desenvolvimento do acometimento articular da APs. Segundo estudo realizado nos EUA, 0,25% da população pode ...

Indirect and direct costs of treating patients with ankylosing spondylitis in the Brazilian public health system

Rev. bras. reumatol; 56 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Introduction: Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) require a team approach from multiple professionals, various treatment modalities for continuous periods of time, and can lead to the loss of labour capacity in a young population. So, it is necessary to measure its socio-economic impact. ...

Medical ozone treatment ameliorates the acute distal colitis in rat

Acta cir. bras; 31 (4), 2016
PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of medical ozone treatment on the experimental acute distal colitis in rats. METHODS: Eighteen rats were randomly distributed into three equal groups; control, acute distal colitis (ADC) without and with medical ozone treatment. Rats in the control group were taken sal...

Effect of ozone on colon anastomoses in rat peritonitis model

Acta cir. bras; 31 (2), 2016
PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of medical ozone theraphy on the colon anastomosis of peritonitis model in rats. METHODS: Eighteen rats were randomly assigned into three equal groups; control, cecal punctuation and colon anastomosis and ozone theraphy. Sepsis was performed with a cecal punctuation in...

Evaluation of the effect of allopurinol as a protective factor in post ischemia and reperfusion inflammation in Wistar rats

Acta cir. bras; 31 (2), 2016
PURPOSE: To investigate the potential protective effect of allopurinol on reperfusion injury by determining the inflammatory response through the measurement of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). METHODS: Sixty rats were distributed into two groups: control and allopurinol and each group was divide...

Avaliação das citocinas TNF-α, RANKL e OPG e do número de osteoclastos no reparo de defeito ósseo em calvária de ratos diabéticos tratados com matriz óssea desmineralizada

Neste trabalho, foi avaliado a participação dos osteoclastos bem como a ação das citocinas RANKL, OPG e TNF-α durante a formação e remodelação óssea em defeitos ósseos de tamanho crítico em ratos normoglicêmicos e diabéticos tratados ou não com a MAOD. Para isso, foram utilizados 250 ratos...

Relationship between hypertension and periapical lesion: an in vitro and in vivo study

Braz. oral res. (Online); 30 (1), 2016
Abstract The aim of this study was to compare potential aspects of periapical lesion formation in hypertensive and normotensive conditions using hypertensive (BPH/2J) and wild-type control (BPN/3J) mice. The mandibular first molars of both strains had their dental pulp exposed. At day 21 the mice were eu...

Treatment persistence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate treatment persistence in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis who started therapies with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) and tumor necrosis factor blockers (anti-TNF drugs). METHODS This retrospective cohort study from July 2008 to...

Effects of CpG oligodeoxynucleotide 1826 on acute radiation-induced lung injury in mice

Biol. Res; 49 (), 2016
BACKGROUND: The radiation-induced lung injury is a common complication from radiotherapy in lung cancer. CpG ODN is TLR9 activator with potential immune modulatory effects and sensitization of radiotherapy in lung cancer. This study aimed to examine the effect of CpG ODN on acute radiation-induced lung i...