ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of low molecular chitosan containing sepia ink (LMCS) in ethanol-induced (5 ml/kg) gastric ulcer in rats. METHODS: Animals were divided into four groups (n = 12): normal group (Normal), negative control group (Con), experiment group (LMCS) and positive control Om...
ABSTRACT Background Endoscopic treatment of superficial gastrointestinal tumors is routinely performed, however the advantages and shortcomings of submucosal pressure-jet dissection is still debated. Objective - Aiming to compare this technique with conventional submucosal dissection, a study was desig...
ABSTRACT Background: The influence of Helicobacter pylori (HP) in inflammatory disorders of the digestive mucosa has been the subject of several studies since socioeconomic, personal and environmental factors were implicated in the bacteria transmission. Aim: To correlate the inflammatory endoscopic ...
ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the influence of Duodenal reflux in histological changes of the gastric mucosa of rats infected with Helicobacter pylori submitted to pyloroplasty. Methods: after two weeks of acclimation, we infected 30 male Wistar rats with Helicobacter pylori. We randomly divided th...
ABSTRACT Background Morbid obesity treatment through vertical gastroplasty Roux-en-Y gastric bypass initially used a contention ring. However, this technique may create conditions to the development of potentially malign alterations in the gastric mucosa. Although effective and previously performed in l...
ABSTRACT Background Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs induces gastric mucosal lesions because of its acidic properties. Ranitidine, an H2 receptor antagonist, has proved beneficial in patients with gastric ulcers. Objective The present study was performed to assess the effect of administering raniti...
A mucosa gástrica ectópica localizada no intestino delgado, distal ao ligamento de Treitz é muito rara, excetuando-se a encontrada habitualmente no divertículo de Meckel e na duplicaçao intestinal. Existem formas congênita e adquirida, sendo esta última secundária à processos inflamatórios inte...
Apresentam-se um estudo experimental com o objetivo de verificar as alteraçöes estruturais da mucosa gástrica exposta ao refluxo enterogástrico do material biliopancreático e demonstrar o efeito da vagotomia nestas alteraçöes. Foram utilizados 40 cäes divididos em cinco grupos, operados e observa...