Publications by authors named "Luiz Roberto Farion de Aguiar"

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  • The study describes the first 13 laparoscopic surgeries for common bile duct cysts at Pequeno Príncipe Hospital in Brazil, highlighting patient demographics and techniques used.
  • Most patients were young females with abdominal pain, and the hepaticoduodenal anastomosis technique was commonly used with no major complications or need for conversion to open surgery.
  • Follow-up showed that all patients remained asymptomatic and did not experience further complications, reinforcing the safety of laparoscopic methods for these cases.
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Objective: To compare the cytophotometric quantitative expression of Ki-67 cellular proliferation factor in the colloid goiter with papillary carcinoma of the thyroid.

Methods: The protein Ki-67 was studied with immunohistochemistry in 20 cases of papillary carcinoma of the thyroid and 12 cases of colloid goiter. The immunomarked cell nuclei were quantified through the software SAMBA 4000 and analyzed by software IMMUNO, considering variables index marker and optical density.

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Purpose: To evaluate the healing effect of the topic administration of the hydroalcoholic extract of aroeira in open wounds in the dorsocostal region of rats.

Methods: Sixty Wistar rats, males, were used. In all animals one skin fragment was removed, with two centimeters in diameter.

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