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- Title
Anorectal transplantation.
- Authors
Galvão, F. H. Ferreira; Seid, V. E.; Nunes dos Santos, R. M.; Kitamura, M.; Galvão, R. de Castro; Pinto, R. Âmbar; Nunes dos Santos, R. Miyashiro
- Abstract
Anorectal transplantation is a valid procedure for the treatment of anorectal dysfunction; however, the lack of a suitable animal model has hampered the development of this method. We describe a simple technique for anorectal transplantation in the rat and compare this procedure with colostomy. The anorectal segment including the skin surrounding the anus were freed by abdominal and perineal dissection. In a heterotopically transplanted group the segment was exteriorized by the formation of an anus through an abdominal incision. In an orthotopically transplanted group the segment was replaced in its original position and reimplanted by suturing. In another group a distal colostomy was performed. A sham-treated control group (simulated surgical procedure) was also included. Changes in behavior, characteristics of the stool, body weight and survival rate were assessed by daily clinical examination. Moribund animals, those with a weight loss of more than 30%, and those surviving at 1 month were killed by an overdose of anesthetic. The results were analyzed using the Mann Whitney, Student’s t and chi-squared tests, and p<0.05 was considered significant. Within 4 days after the operation, animals submitted to orthotopic or heterotopic transplantation had achieved normal defecation, body weight gain and clinical evolution similar to the sham-treated group. The overall mortality in these groups was 4.16%. In contrast, colostomized animals showed a high incidence of diarrhea, intestinal obstruction, stress posture and violent behavior ( p≤0.05), and a mortality rate of 58.33%. Autotransplantation in the rat is a simple technique, achieves a high rate of success and better clinical evolution than colostomy. This model may ultimately lead to research into anorectal transplantation.
- Subjects
TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.; ANAL surgery; RECTAL surgery; RECTAL diseases; ABDOMINAL diseases; COLOSTOMY; ANIMAL models in research
- Publication
Techniques in Coloproctology, 2009, Vol 13, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
1123-6337
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10151-009-0459-5