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Influence of cholestatic jaundice on the weight variance in an experimental model.

Rev Col Bras Cir

December 2012

Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and Alfa Institute of Gastroenterology, UFMG Clinics Hospital, Minas Gerais – MG, Brazil

Objective: To evaluate the influence of cholestatic jaundice in weight variation.

Methods: We used 64 adult rats divided into six groups: F1 (n = 6): normal females; F2 (n = 6): laparotomy females; F3 (n = 20): jaundiced females; M1 (n = 6): normal males; M2 (n = 6): laparotomy males; M3 (n = 20): jaundiced males. Jaundice was obtained by ligation and section of the biliopancreatic duct.

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