Publications by authors named "Mario Montemor"
Purpose: This study investigates the protective effect of cilostazol on the development and evolution of diabetic retinopathy in rats.
Methods: Sixty male rats were divided into four groups: untreated nondiabetic rats, untreated diabetic rats, cilostazol-treated nondiabetic rats, and cilostazol-treated diabetic rats. The thickness of the internal limiting membrane to the outer limiting membrane, inner plexiform layer, inner nuclear layer, and outer nuclear layer were measured.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Venous arterialization has been adopted as a strategy for salvage of limbs in critical ischemia without the distal arterial bed, with successful outcomes, but the mechanisms by which irrigation of the extremities takes place are still unknown.
Objectives: To develop an experimental model to test hypotheses that could explain the mechanisms of blood supply in venous arterialization.
Methods: Eleven pigs underwent a period of hind limb ischemia followed by reperfusion achieved by venous arterialization, after interposition of conduits filled with 10 ml (5 animals - group 1) or 1 ml (6 animals - group 2) of China Ink.
Objective: To determine the frequency and significance of pancreatic acinar cells in the gastric oxyntic mucosa.
Design: One hundred gastric oxyntic mucosal biopsy specimens from patients with chronic active gastritis (n = 30), multifocal atrophic gastritis (n = 15), autoimmune gastritis (n = 18), and normal gastric oxyntic mucosa (n = 37) were evaluated for the presence of pancreatic acinar cells. Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues were stained with hematoxylin-eosin, and those positive for pancreatic acinar cells were immunostained with antibodies against trypsin and pancreatic amylase.