Oral administration of n-3 fatty acids positively affect the mucosal lesions after experimental ischemic enteritis in the rat.

Aim: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of oral administration of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in experimental ischemic enteritis in rats.

Methods: Forty Wistar rats were submitted to control narrowing of the superior mesenteric artery and were divided in two groups: N3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, which received a high-molecular polymer solution of artificial total enteral nutrition enriched with n-3 fatty acids and CONTROL which received a high-molecular polymer solution of artificial total enteral nutrition.

Results: Reduction of the animals' body weight was observed in both groups, but there was no difference between the two groups.

The effect of chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil, bleomycin and cisplatin in the healing of colonic anastomoses in rats.

Purpose: Chemotherapeutic factors are known to affect healing on the postoperative patient. The aim of the present experimental study was to evaluate the effect of intraperitoneal infusion of 5-fluorouracil, bleomycin and cisplatin on the healing of colonic anastomoses in rats.

Methods: Forty Albino-Wistar male rats were randomly divided into two groups, a control and a chemotherapy (CT) group.

How Exercise Can Influence Oxidative Stress and Glucose Levels after Pancreatic Resection: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Background: One of the most challenging operations is the resection of the pancreas, which is associated with high morbidity. Metabolic control during the perioperative period remains an issue that is sometimes difficult to manage.

Objectives: Exercise has a positive effect on glycaemic control.

Safety of pregnancy after primary breast carcinoma in young women: a meta-analysis to overcome bias of healthy mother effect studies.

Background: An increased number of women are expected to conceive after the diagnosis of early breast cancer. Most physicians recommend that pregnancy be delayed by 2 to 3 years after diagnosis of early breast cancer, but this recommendation is based on data from trials with small patient cohorts. Furthermore, a healthy mother effect (HME) selection bias may be operative in most of these studies, because women undergoing childbearing after treatment were healthier when compared with the control group.