Role of preoperative retrograde enema on inflammatory and healing parameters in colonic anastomosis: experimental study in dogs

Objective: The purpose of this experimental study was to compare the inflammatory and wound healing response of dogs submitted to colonic anastomosis with and without preoperative retrograde enema. Methods: The study included two groups of 31 female dogs (Canis familiaris). G-I (control): no preoper...

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Main Authors: Carlos Renato Sales Bezerra, Francisco Sérgio Pinheiro Regadas, Welligton Ribeiro Figueiredo, Miguel Augusto Arcoverde Nogueira, Péricles Cerqueira de Sousa, Claudio Manuel Gonçalves da Silva Leite, Kaline Fortes e Silva, Erbert Portela Martins Filho, José Alberto Dias Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2014-10-01
Series:Journal of Coloproctology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2237936314000835