Effect of melatonin on healing of colonic anastomosis in a rat model of peritonitis.
Eur Surg Res
; 39(2): 122-7, 2007.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-17337888
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of melatonin on intestinal anastomosis in the presence of peritonitis. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
32 Wistar albino rats were randomized into four groups (n = 8) A (sham), B (control), C (melatonin 5 mg/kg), and D (melatonin 10 mg/kg). In group A, only cecal dissection was carried out. In the other groups, cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) followed cecal dissection in order to induce bacterial peritonitis. 24 h after the previous operation, cecal resection and ileocolic anastomosis were performed in the rats of all groups. In group C (5 mg/kg) and group D (10 mg/kg), melatonin was injected for 5 consecutive days starting after CLP. At the 48th hour of the CLP procedure, blood was drawn via the tail vein for tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) analysis, and on the 4th day of the experiment relaparotomy was carried out for bursting pressure (BP) measurements. The intestinal tissue containing the anastomotic line was then snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80 degrees C for determination of tissue levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) and glutathione (GSH).RESULTS:
The tissue MDA level, blood TNF-alpha and IL-6 levels of group B were significantly higher than in the other groups, whereas the BP results and GSH levels of group B were found to be significantly lower than in the other groups. The results of groups C and D are statistically different from those of group B. When we compared the results of groups C and D, we found significantly higher results in terms of BP and GSH levels in group D and also significantly lower results in terms of MDA, blood TNF-alpha and IL-6 levels in group D.CONCLUSION:
The findings of this experiment suggest that melatonin has a dose-independent positive effect on wound healing of colonic anastomosis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Peritonitis
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Wound Healing
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Anastomosis, Surgical
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Melatonin
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Antioxidants
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Eur Surg Res
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Turkey