Mechanical circular stapler device loaded with nonabsorbable titanium staples for ileo-prostate capsuloplasty following prostate capsule sparing cystectomy: initial experience in cadavers.

Purpose: Mechanical linear staplers have been safely used in urology with an acceptable 0% to 7.9% rate of stone formation in long-term follow-up. We sought to evaluate the feasibility of using mechanical circular stapler devices to perform ileocapsuloplasty following cystoadenomectomy in cadavers.

Disodium chlodronate prevents bone resorption in experimental periodontitis in rats.

Background: Periodontitis is a chronic disease characterized by alveolar bone loss and inflammatory changes. We studied the effect of disodium chlodronate (CD), a bisphosphonate used in metastatic and metabolic bone disease as a bone resorbing drug, in an experimental periodontitis model (EPD) focusing on anti-resorptive and anti-inflammatory parameters.

Methods: A nylon thread ligature was placed around the left maxillary molars of 72 male Wistar rats who were sacrificed after 7 or 11 days.