Effects of thyroid hormone supplementation on oxidative stress after sleeve gastrectomy in rats

Aim: Sleeve gastrectomy has been used for the surgical treatment of morbid obesity. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of triiodothyronine supplementation on oxidative stress parameters in anastomotic tissue level. Material and Methods: Twenty-four male Wistar albino rats were divided into control (n:12), and experimental (n:12) groups and underwent sleeve gastrectomy. Experimental group rats received a single dose of triiodothyronine (400 mg/100 g) in the operation day. Rats were sacrificed on postoperative day 7. Serum thyroid hormones were analysed. The supernatants were used to measure total oxidant status, total antioxidant status, nitric oxide and malondialdehyde levels. All tissue parameters were analysed by spectrophotometric methods. Oxidative stress index values were calculated. Results: Thyroid stimulating hormone levels in both the control and triiodothyronine group did not significantly change on the 7th postoperative day (p=0.663). Free triiodothyronine levels were significantly higher in triiodothyronine group rats than in control group rats (triiodothyronine vs control: p=0.004). Although total oxidant status levels did not altered by thyroid hormone treatment (p>0.05), total antioxidant status levels significantly decreased (p0.05). Tissue nitric oxide levels were also similar in both groups (p>0.05). Malondialdehyde levels increased in triiodothyronine given rats compared with the control group (p<0.01). Conclusion: This study showed that total oxidant status levels and oxidative stress index values were similar in both groups. However, triiodothyronine supplementation induced lipid peroxidation by increasing tissue malondialdehyde levels that might deplete tissue antioxidant level

Comparison of the microvessel density of gastric regions in normal and sleeve gastrectomized rats

Aim: Background: The aim of this study is to compare the microvessel densities of different normal gastric regions and to determine the effects of sleeve gastrectomy on the microvessel density of tissues alongside the remnant stomach. Material and Methods: Twenty male Wistar albino rats were divided into two groups. Rats in the control group were immediately sleeve gastrectomized under anesthesia and a wedge resection of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ), the fundus, corpus and antral gastric regions was performed, before sacrifice. Meanwhile, rats in the experiment group also underwent sleeve gastrectomy but were not sacrificed until the 5th postoperative day. At this point, gastric tissues alongside the sleeve gastrectomy area were then wedge-resected. The microvessel densities of these two groups were evaluated and compared. Results: When comparing distinctive gastric regions within the control group, the microvessel density of the esophagogastric junction was found to be less than in the corpus or fundus (20.04±4.45; 36.28±9.98, 39.4±9.57; p 0.05). The sleeve gastrectomy also had no significant effect on the microvessel densities at the esophagogastric junction or corpus (24.63±8.91, 22.24±7,63; p> 0.05). Conclusion: The esophagogastric junction has a lower microvessel density than the corpus in a normal stomach. Sleeve gastrectomy has no adverse effect on the microvessel density of the esophagogastric junction

Effects of Thyroid Hormone Therapy on Cut-Surface Healing of the Remnant Stomach with Short-Term Weight Loss Alterations after Sleeve Gastrectomy

KISA, Ucler/0000-0002-8131-6810WOS: 000427277200013PubMed: 28635514Background: The hypothalamic-pituitary-tyhroid axis is directly affected by drastic changes in energy stores. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of triiodothyronine (T3) treatment on cut-surface healing of remnant stomach with weight loss alterations after sleeve gastrectomy (SG). Methods: Thirty male Wistar Albino rats were divided into three groups: sham (n = 6), control (n = 12), and experimental (n = 12). Control and experimental group rats underwent sleeve gastrectomy. Experimental group rats received a single dose of T3 (400 mg/100 g) on the first postoperative day whereas control group rats received 0.9% NaCl. All rats were sacrificed on the seventh postoperative day. Results: In the group of rats receiving T3, levels of FT3 were significantly higher and that of FT4 were significantly lower compared with both the control and sham group rats (p .05). Microscopic examination of the cut surface of remnant stomach in the control group rats revealed significantly more severe tissue necrosis, edema, and disruption of mucosal epithelium than in the T3 group rats (p <.05). On the other hand, bridging of the submucosal and muscular layers, tissue granulation, fibroblast accumulation, neoangiogenesis, and collagen deposition in the T3 group rats were significantly higher than in the control group rats (p <.05). Conclusions: Sleeve gastrectomy did not significantly alter thyroid hormone levels in short term. T3 hormone therapy seems to deliver constructive therapeutic effects for wound healing while causing no adverse effect on weight reduction

Bladder cancer in an inguinal vesical hernia

A 60-year-old male patient presented with intermittent right-sided scrotal swelling for the last 4 months. On ultrasonography, a fluid-filled cavity extending through the right inguinal canal into the scrotum was noted with inferior displacement of the right testis. Multiple papillary hyperechoic lesions with internal vascularity on Doppler ultrasound were protruding into the fluid-filled cavity. Computed tomography showed herniation of the bladder through the right inguinal canal into the scrotum with mural components in the herniated segment. Hernioplasty followed by transurethral tumor resection showed urothelial carcinoma with invasion into the muscular layer. Vesical herniation through the inguinal canal is uncommon. Additionally, the presence of bladder carcinoma within a herniated portion of the bladder is exceedingly rare

Bladder cancer in an inguinal vesical hernia

A 60-year-old male patient presented with intermittent right-sided scrotal swelling for the last 4 months. On ultrasonography, a fluid-filled cavity extending through the right inguinal canal into the scrotum was noted with inferior displacement of the right testis. Multiple papillary hyperechoic lesions with internal vascularity on Doppler ultrasound were protruding into the fluid-filled cavity. Computed tomography showed herniation of the bladder through the right inguinal canal into the scrotum with mural components in the herniated segment. Hernioplasty followed by transurethral tumor resection showed urothelial carcinoma with invasion into the muscular layer. Vesical herniation through the inguinal canal is uncommon. Additionally, the presence of bladder carcinoma within a herniated portion of the bladder is exceedingly rare