Alloxan diabetes alters the tensile strength, morphological and morphometric parameters of abdominal wall healing in rats

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

José Guilherme Minossi¹  Flávio De Oliveira Lima¹  Carlos Antonio Caramori¹  Claudia Nishida Hasimoto¹  Érica Veruska Paiva Ortolan¹  Paulo Antônio Rodrigues¹  César Tadeu Spadella¹ 

关键词: Diabetes Mellitus;    Alloxan;    Tensile Strength;    Wound Healing;    Histology;    Rats;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-86502014000200008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

PURPOSE:To investigate the effects of alloxan diabetes on the abdominal wall healing of rats undergoing laparotomy.METHODS: Ninety-six male Wistar rats weighing between 200 and 300 grams, divided into two groups: non-diabetic group (G1) and another with untreated diabetes (G2). Three months after diabetes induction, the animals underwent a 5cm-long- laparotomy and 5.0 nylon monofilament suture. After the surgery, 12 animals from each group were euthanized on days 4, 14, 21 and 30 corresponding to the moments M1, M2, M3 and M4. In each moment a fragment of the abdominal wall containing the scar was removed for tensile strength measurement, histological and morphometric study. Clinical and biochemical parameters were also analyzed.RESULTS:G2 animals showed parameters compatible with severe diabetes and decreased plasma levels of insulin. The tensile strength in G2 was significantly smaller in M2 and M4, with a tendency to fall in the other two. Through light microscope, diabetic animals showed more difficulty to increase collagen density and contraction. G2 animals showed high cellularity of fibroblasts in later healing moments, with collagen thinning in M2 and M4.CONCLUSION:The abdominal wound healing in untreated diabetic animals was altered and led to a higher incidence of dehiscence and infections.

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