Clinical and histological responses to laparoscopically-induced peritonitis in rats Resposta clínica e histológica à indução de peritonite via laparoscopia em ratos

PURPOSE: To evaluate the efficacy of inducing peritonitis in rats through laparoscopic cecal ligation (CL), by means of an elastic band. METHODS: Twelve Wistar rats were subjected to cecal ligated with an elastic band applied using a specially constructed applicator. In six of the animals (the CL gr...

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Main Authors: Paulo Roberto Rodrigues Bicalho, Leandro Bueno Lima, Daniel Gomes de Alvarenga, Ivana Duval-Araujo, Tarcizo Afonso Nunes, Fabíola Alves dos Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2008-10-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502008000500012