Publications by authors named "Sergio Andurte Carvalho Duarte"
Purpose: To evaluate the influence of glutamine and obstructive jaundice on left colon healing in rats.
Methods: Sixteen male rats were allocated across four groups: LG--Common bile duct ligation followed by colotomy and bowel suture on postoperative day 7. Supplementation with glutamine 2% from day 4 after duct ligation until euthanasia.
Purpose: To evaluate the effects of vitamin K1 on wound healing in the left colon of rats with experimental biliary obstruction.
Methods: Sixteen male rats, divided into four groups of four animals each (L, M, LK, and MK), underwent colostomy followed by bowel suture in the left colon. Seven days before, animals in the L and LK groups had undergone common bile duct ligation.
Purpose: To evaluate the effects of pneumoperitoneum with carbon dioxide and helium on renal function and morphology in a rat model.
Methods: Twenty four rats were randomized into three groups (n=8): gasless insufflation ('open', Pressure=0 mmHg), carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum at 12 mmHg, and helium pneumoperitoneum at 12 mmHg; all lasting 90 minutes..