Avaliação da reparação e indicadores de desnutrição de ratos submetidos à fratura de côndilo mandibular e com desnutrição protéica / Evaluation of healing and undernutrition indicatives of rats submitted to mandibular condyle fracture and with protein undernutrition

AUTOR(ES)
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

This study evaluated the healing and undernutrition indicatives of rats submitted to mandibular condyle fracture and with protein undernutrition (8% of protein with vitamin and minerals supplement). Forty-five adult male Wistar Rattus norvegicus were used and distributed in 3 groups of 15 animals: fracture group, submitted to condylar fracture with no changes in diet (23% of proteins); undernutrition fracture group, submitted to hypoproteic diet by 30 days and later to condylar fracture; undernutrition group, with previous hypoproteic diet by 30 days, kept until the end of experiment, without condylar fracture. The amounts of feed and water intake were registered, as well as body weight and food efficiency ratio (FER) were obtained. Animals were sacrificed at 24 hours and 7, 15, 30 and 90 days postoperatively. The following blood biochemical tests were made: total serum proteins, serum albumin, serum calcium, alkaline phosphatase, serum iron, and serum creatinine; and also white blood count. Subsequently, cephalometric mensurations by radiograms of the maxilla and mandible were made. Histological study comprised fracture site and temporomandibular joint evaluations. Numerical values were submitted to statistical analyses. Feed and water intake were higher in undernutrition fracture group, in most of periods. Values of FER were low, in special in the initial periods, being more significative to undernutrition fracture group. There was low gain of weight in the initial periods, but undernutrition fracture group which presented significative loss of weight, with recovering of weight in the remaining periods, significatively lower in this group. Blood biochemical tests showed decrease, mainly in the initial periods, of the values of total serum proteins and serum albumin, as well as serum calcium in all the periods, significative to undernutrition fracture group. White blood count showed increase, in special in the initial periods, of leukocytes, lymphocytes and neutrophils, more significative in undernutrition fracture group. There was deviation of the median line of the mandible relative to the median line of the maxilla, significative to undernutrition fracture group, as well as asymmetry of the maxilla and mandible, in special in the final period of experiment. Histological analysis showed that proteic undernutrition lead to atrophy of condylar fibrocartilage. Fracture in undernutrition impaired callus formation, as well as there was fibrous ankylosis. It was concluded that mandibular condyle fracture in rats with proteic undernutrition promoted negative alterations in values of total proteins, albumin and serum calcium, leukocytosis, as well as impaired callus formation, and induced atrophy of condylar fibrocartilage and fibrous ankylosis.

ASSUNTO(S)

fraturas mandibulares mandibular condyle reparação côndilo mandibular repair desnutrição protéico-enegética reparo Ósseo bone repair protein energetic undernutrition mandibular fractures

ACESSO AO ARTIGO

Documentos Relacionados