Biomechanical and histologic analysis in aortic endoprosthesis using fibrin glue

Background: The absence of incorporation between endoprosthesis (EP) and the arterial wall may lead to device migration and endoleaks around the stent graft. Alternatives have been tested aiming to improve this incorporation. Fibrin glue is used in many operating procedures promoting adhesion and tissue regeneration; however, its use to improve EP incorporation by arteries is unknown.Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze dislodgement forces needed to extract the EPs implanted in pig aorta, compare different oversizing and fibrin glue injections, and to analyze histologic changes among groups.Methods: Straight EPs were implanted in the thoracic aorta of pigs using 10% oversizing plus fibrin glue in the interface between the EP and the artery (group 1), using 20% oversizing (group 2), and 10% oversizing (group 3). Fourteen days after the implant, the animals were killed to enable biomechanical analysis of the EP and to verify histologic changes of the aortic wall and its interface with the EP.Results: Group 1 showed a dislodgement force of 21.9 +/- 5.3 Newton (N) being higher than the other groups and statistically significant when compared to group 3 (15.6 +/- 3.6N), P = .003%. Group 2 had a higher dislodgement force and statistically more significant than group 3 (19.5 +/- 7.8N). Histologic analysis showed tissue reaction with inflammatory cells and fibroblasts higher in group 1 and group 2 compared to group 3.Conclusion:This study reports a large animal survival model of thoracic aortic stent graft placement by testing the impact of fibrin glue on EP incorporation. Compared to oversizing alone, fibrin glue placed between the stent graft and the arterial wall increases EP incorporation. Additional studies are needed to determine the potential utility of fibrin glue in the setting of human arterial endografts. (J Vase Surg 2011;53:1368-74.

Ação do ácido trissódio-cálcio-dietileno-triaminopentaacético (CaNa3DTPA) nas lesões de isquemia-reperfusão em membro posterior de rato

OBJETIVO: Ação do ácido trissódio-cálcio-dietileno-triaminopentaacético (CaNa3DTPA), quelante de ferro com ação ainda anti-viral, antiinflamatória e imunológica, na atenuação de lesões de reperfusão em músculos esqueléticos de ratos. MÉTODOS: 52 ratos Wistar, pesando 188±22g, foram anestesiados e submetidos a semi-amputação de membro posterior direito (MPD), poupando-se o fêmur, artéria e veia femorais. Foram então randomizados e distribuídos: G1-CTAN - controle anestesia, sem cirurgia e sem isquemia; G2-CTCIR - controle cirurgia, sem isquemia; G3-IRCT e G3-IRDTPA - com isquemia (4 hora) e reperfusão ( 2 horas). O G3-IRCT foi tratado, ao final da isquemia, com cloreto de sódio 0,9% e G3-IRDTPA com (CaNa3DTPA).Parâmetros: Circunferência do pé direito e peso do rato, dosagem sérica de CPK, dosagem de malonaldeído e microscopia óptica de músculos soleus bilateral. RESULTADOS: Aumento da circunferência nos G3-IRCT e G3-IRDTPA (significante no G3-IRCT quando comparado ao G1-CTAN); CPK elevado nos G3-IRCT e G3-IRDTPA comparados aos controles; MDA mais alto no membro contralateral do G3-IRDTPA, comparado ao MPD do G3-IRDTPA e ao G1-CTAN; maior edema intersticial em G3-IRCT, maior infiltrado inflamatório em G3-IRDTPA e recuperação dos níveis de glicogênio semelhantes em G3-IRCT e G3-IRDTPA. CONCLUSÃO: Apesar do menor edema no G3-IRDTPA comparado ao G3-IRCT, o CaNa3DTPA não alterou CPK sérico, MDA muscular e morfologia muscular dos animais.OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to elucidate whether calcium trinatrium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (CaNa3DTPA), a hydrophilic extracelular chelator with some imunological and anti-inflammatory properties, protects skeletal muscle submitted to ischemia/reperfusion. METHODS: Fifty two male Wistar rats were randomly allocated in the following groups:G1-CTAN- control anesthesia whithout surgery. G2-CTCIR - control surgery without ischemia. G3-IRCT and G3-IRDTPA: four hours ischemia and two hours reperfusion. The animals of group 3 were treated with saline and those of the group 4, treated with CaNa3DTPA. Parameters were: foot circumference, rats weight, plasmatic creatine-phosphokinase (CPK), muscular malondialdehyde (MDA), and optic microscopy of muscle cells. RESULTS: There was a significant post-ischemic increase in foot circumference in G3-IRCT. CPK measurements were significantly increased in G3-IRCT and G3-IRDTPA, when compared to G1-CTAN and G2-CTCIR, but there were no differences between G3-IRCT and G3-IRDTPA. MDA was increased in the left no-ischemic muscles in G3-IRCT, when compared to contralateral muscles of G3-IRCT and of G1-CTAN.The histological evaluation showed inflammatory cell infiltrate in G3-IRDTPA and edema in G3-IRCT. The glycogen recovery was similar in both groups. CONCLUSION: There was less edema in the animals with ischemia-reperfusion treated group, but CaNa3DTPA don't protect muscle cells from injury in relations with CPK, MDA managements and histological alterations