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Role of preoperative retrograde enema on inflammatory and healing parameters in colonic anastomosis: experimental study in dogs

Objective: The purpose of this experimental study was to compare the inflammatory and wound healing response of dogs submitted to colonic anastomosis with and without preoperative retrograde enema. Methods: The study included two groups of 31 female dogs (Canis familiaris). G-I (control): no preoperative...

Complicaciones de la diabetes y su asociación con el estrés oxidativo: un viaje hacia el daño endotelial

Rev. colomb. cardiol; 21 (6), 2014
La diabetes es un trastorno metabólico que se ha incrementado en Latinoamérica y Venezuela en la última década. Ejerce una influencia considerable en la morbimortalidad de las enfermedades cardiovasculares debido al desequilibrio hidrocarbon ado y a los pacientes fuera de los objetivos de la Asociaci...

Aloe vera as vehicle to mineral trioxide aggregate: study in bone repair

Aim: Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) was associated to Aloe vera to verify the coadjutant action of that medicinal plant in the bone neoformation process in tibia of rats. Material and Method: 36 male rats (Rattus norvegicus) were used, divided into two groups of 18 rats each. Two circumferential bone d...

Effect of laser therapy on the inflammatory response induced by endodontic medications implanted into the subcutaneous tissue of rats

Introduction: Endodontic medications contain toxic components that cause varying degrees of inflammation. Objective: This study evaluated the effect of laser therapy on the inflammatory response induced by intracanal medications implanted into the subcutaneous tissue of rats using a quantitative analysis...

Temperature of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue during the application of aerosols in rats

Acta sci., Health sci; 36 (2), 2014
This study compared the thermal changes of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues exposed to different aerosols. Thirty-six adults Wistar rats were arranged in two treatment groups, one exposed to methyl salicylate (GSM; n = 9 skin and n = 9 subcutaneous) and the other exposed to diclofenac diethylammonium (...

Effects of therapeutic ultrasound on haematological dynamics and fibrinogen during the inflammatory phase after muscle injury in rats

Acta sci., Health sci; 36 (1), 2014
This study investigated the effects of ultrasound therapy on haematological dynamics and plasma fibrinogen during the inflammatory phase of muscle injury. Forty-eight male Wistar rats were divided into control group (CG), continuous ultrasound treated group (CTU) and pulsed ultrasound (PTU). Animals were...

Efeito da suplementação com castanha-do-brasil (Bertholletia excelsa H. B. K) como fonte de selênio sobre os marcadores de estresse oxidativo, citocinas inflamatórias e sua relação com o polimorfismo Pro198Leu no gene da glutationa peroxidase 1 em pacientes com artrite reumatoide

A artrite reumatoide (AR) é uma doença inflamatória crônica, caracterizada por inflamação das articulações e se manifesta por inchaço e incapacidade funcional das mesmas. A patologia da doença envolve a produção excessiva de radicais livres pelos neutrófilos ativados, podendo induzir à pero...

Avaliação do metabolismo epitelial em cistos radiculares pela técnica de AgNORS

Introdução: A formação do Cisto Radicular (CR) está associada à proliferação dos restos epiteliais de Malassez por estímulos inflamatórios, provenientes da proliferação bacteriana do canal radicular de um dente não vital. Quando o dente é removido, esse cisto passa a ser denominado Cisto Re...