Comparative Cellular Local Response in Abdominal Defect Plastic Surgery with Bovine Pericardium and Bovine Fascia Preserved in Formaldehyde in Experimental Rabbits

• Main Authors: Gudemac Eva, Babuci S., Tica C., Petrovici V., Nacu V., Ionescu C., Negru I.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2017-05-01
• Series: ARS Medica Tomitana
• Subjects: plastic surgery; abdominal defect; bovine pericardiu; bovine fascia; formaldehyde
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/arsm-2017-0016

In the present paper, we refer to a method of primary closure of congenital defects of the anterior abdominal wall with tensionless viscero-abdominal disproportion. The study group included 10 animals subjected to surgery of the abdominal wall defect closure with bovine pericardium graft preserved in 0.5% formaldehyde, and 5 rabbits of the same breed and weight, in which bovine fascia graft was used as implant, being preserved in 0.5% formaldehyde. The abdominal anterior wall defect was made surgically by excision of the musculo-fascial structures and peritoneum. Bovine pericardium graft and bovine fascia graft were placed and fixed posteriorly to rectus abdominals muscles, having direct contact with the intra-abdominal contents and protected by suturing skin and subcutaneous layer.