Publications by authors named "Karin Soldatelli Borsato"
Objective: This is an experimental study with the objective of analyses the increase of rigidity in synthetic tibia bones with external fixators, with single and double connecting rods and with stable and unstable fracture patterns.
Methods: The external fixators were used in the monoplanar, half pin configuration submitted to an axial compression load using the connecting bar in different patterns. Forty-eight similar models to the human tibia had been used.
Purpose: Hypothyroidism is a common situation among the aged which affects protein synthesis. The objective of the present study was to determine the influence of hypothyroidism on the healing process in aged rats.
Methods: 96 male Wistar rats were used, 48 of them with a mean age of 110 days and 48 with a mean age of 750 days.
Purpose: Some investigators have stated that collagen synthesis is slower in elderly individuals, others have reported a reduction of collagen I and III synthesis, and still others have reported normal synthesis. The objective of the present study was to determine the collagen deposition occurring through the pores of a propylene net implanted in the abdominal wall of young adult rats compared to old rats.
Methods: Ten male rats aged 100 to 120 days and 10 rats aged 850 to 900 days were used.
Purpose: The symptoms of the climacteric coincide with the marked appearance of signs of skin aging. Studies on animal models have shown that estrogen is a critical mediator in wound healing. The authors report a study of the influence of hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) on colon anastomoses performed in female rats.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The aim of this study was to assess abdominal wall healing in old and young adult rats.
Methods: On average, young animals were 110 days old and old animals were 762 days old. A 4.