The effect of hepatic ischemia in the liver of rats with obstructive jaundice.

Objective: The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of ischemia-reperfusion injury on the liver's function and morphology during the establishment and progress of obstructive jaundice.

Material And Methods: 80 Wistar rats were used for the purposes of the study and were allocated in four groups: JAUNDICE (obstructive jaundice), JAUN-ISC (obstructive jaundice and ischemia reperfusion), CONTROL (laparotomy) and ISCHEMIA (ischemia reperfusion).

Results: Obstructive jaundice, and ischemia-reperfusion injury following obstructive jaundice led to increased mortality, while no mortality was noticed in the control and ischemia groups.

Stapled haemorrhoidectomy compared with Milligan-Morgan excision for the treatment of prolapsing haemorrhoids: a prospective study.

Objective: To compare stapled haemorrhoidectomy with Milligan-Morgan haemorrhoidectomy.

Design: Prospective open study.

Setting: Teaching hospital, Greece.

Effect of early versus delayed postoperative injection of 5-fluorouracil plus interferon-alpha on colonic healing.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether delayed, postoperative, intraperitoneal treatment with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) plus interferon-alpha-2a (IFN) has adverse effects on colonic healing, as does early treatment. Seventy male Wistar rats underwent colonic anastomoses. The rats were randomized to one of four groups.

Colonic healing after early intraperitoneal administration of 5-fluorouracil and interferon in rats.

The aim of this experimental study was to investigate whether the intraperitoneal perioperative injection of 5-flurouracil (5-FU)--with or without the addition of interferon (INT)--influences colonic healing. We used 57 male Wistar rats which were subjected to anastomosis of the colon. Intraoperatively, the rats were randomised into one of three groups.

Influence of intraperitoneal 5-fluorouracil plus folinic acid on the healing of colonic anastomoses in rats.

We studied the effects of intraperitoneal 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) administration with or without the addition of folinic acid (FA) on the healing of colonic anastomoses in rats immediately after surgery. Sixty-three male Wistar rats were subjected to colonic anastomosis. During surgery, the rats were randomized into one of three groups.