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Humans , Nerve Block/instrumentation , Nerve Block/methods , Pain, Postoperative/therapy , Orthopedics , Adjuvants, Anesthesia/administration & dosage , Anesthetics, Local/administration & dosage , Extremities/innervation , Peripheral Nerves/anatomy & histology , Peripheral Nerves/blood supplyABSTRACT
Este trabalho teve como objetivo estudar as alterações microvasculares intraneurais aguda em nervo isquiático de rato submetido a esmagamento por diferentes cargas. Foram utilizados 60 ratos machos da linhagem Wistar, distribuídos em grupos experimentais de acordo com a injeção de vasos e com a carga de esmagamento. Os nervos isquiáticos direitos foram isolados e submetidos ao esmagamento com cargas (0,5 Kg, 1 Kg, 5 Kg, 10 kg e 15 kg) por 10 minutos e os nervos isquiáticos esquerdos foram utilizados como controle. Após esmagamento, os animais foram submetidos à cateterização da aorta abdominal e injeção dos vasos, em seguida 30 nervos direitos e esquerdos foram fixados em formol 10 por cento, desidratados e diafanizados para análise longitudinal dos vasos intraneurais e os restantes retirados em toda a sua extensão, cortados em 3 fragmentos, congelados em isopentano em gelo seco e armazenados em freezer -70°C, seccionados transversalmente para análise e contagem dos vasos intraneurais. As análises macroscópica e microscópica mostraram regiões de hematoma endoneural e epineural nas diferentes cargas de esmagamento. A análise morfométrica sugere que a lesão aos vasos intraneurais foi proporcional à carga de esmagamento, causando hematoma endoneural e epineural, que cria microambiente desfavorável para a regeneração das fibras nervosas.
The objective of this paper was to study acute intraneural microvascular changes in a ratÆs ischiatic nerve submitted to smashing with different loads. Sixty male Wistar rats were used and distributed into experimental groups according to vessels injection and smashing load. Right ischiatic nerves were isolated and submitted to smashing with loads (0.5 Kg, 1 Kg, 5 Kg, 10 kg, and 15 kg) for 10 minutes and the left ischiatic nerves served as controls. After smashing, the animals were submitted to catheter implantation on abdominal aorta and vessels injection, then 30 right and left nerves were fixed in 10 percent formol, dehydrated and diaphanized for longitudinal analysis of intraneural vessels and the remaining being fully removed, cut into three fragments, frozen in isopentane with dry ice and stored in a freezer at -70°C, cross-sectioned for analysis and intraneural vessels counting. Gross and microscopic analyses showed regions of endoneural and epineural hematoma on different smashing loads. The morphometrical analysis suggests that intraneural vessels injury was proportional to the smashing load, causing endoneural and epineural hematoma, which creates an unfavorable micro-environment for nervous fibers regeneration.
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Animals , Male , Rats , Crush Syndrome , Peripheral Nerves/blood supply , Peripheral Nerves , Crush Syndrome/diagnosis , Rats, WistarABSTRACT
A 53 years old male, a known case of ankylosing spondylitis having recurrent attacks of hypoglycaemia, developed symmetrical distal sensorimotor neuropathy. The neuropathy was axonal with secondary demyelination. Evidence of vasculopathy was also noted on histopathology of the nerve. Serum C-peptide level was low, a feature reported with autoimmune hypoglycaemia with antireceptor antibodies. The patient showed spontaneous recovery.