Regeneração axonal apos reparo nervoso com enxerto de musculo esqueletico : estudo morfometrico

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2000

RESUMO

The aim of the present was to perform a morphometric study to comparatively evaluate axonal regeneration after muscle and nerve autografts. Adult rats had their right soleus muscles injected intracutaneously with 0,1 ml of 2% lidocaine hydrochloride. Twenty-four hours later the injected muscle was removed and a lidocaine muscle graft was obtained by trimming the muscle to a rectangular block of approximately 5.0 mm in length. The left sciatic nerve was exposed at the mid-thigh region and a segment removed so that a final 5.0 mm long gap was produced. The muscle graft was coaxially autografted to the epineurium between the proximal and distal nerve stumps. In another group the left sciatic nerve was exposed and a 5.0 mm fragment was removed, inverted in 180 degrees and immediately autografted to the epineurium. In a third group the sciatic nerve was cut and kept in position, without surgical repair. Sciatic nerves from non-operated rats were used as controls. Axonal regeneration was studied ultrastructurally and morph metrically 50 days after the insertion of muscle and nerve autografts. No ultrastructural differences were seen in regenerated axons after muscle or nerve autografts; typically, minifascicles were present in the graft and the fascicular organization was reestablished in the distal stump. Morphometric analyses showed no significant differences between the two groups. We conclude that the use of this model produced a level of maturation similar to that described in nerve autografts

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musculos sistema nervoso - regeneração anestesia local

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