Fellow Master degree. Universidade Federal do Paraná - Postgraduate Program in Clinical Surgery - Curitiba (PR), Brazil.
.Full Professor. Universidade Federal do Paraná - Department of Surgery; and Permanent Professor. UniversidadeFederal do Paraná - Postgraduate Program in Clinical Surgery - Curitiba (PR), Brazil.
Acta Cir Bras. 2021 Feb 1;36(1):e360103. doi: 10.1590/ACB360103. eCollection 2021.
Histologically evaluate the effects of low frequency electrical stimulation in the treatment of Achilles tendon injuries in rats.
Thirty-four rats underwent Achilles tendon tenotomy and tenorrhaphy. They were randomly allocated in two groups. Half of the sample constituted the experiment group, whose lesions were stimulated with 2 Hz, nonpolarized current and 1 mA, for 14 days. The other animals formed the control group. They were evaluated at 2, 4 and 6 weeks. The histological study was carried out, the collagen density and the wound maturity index were measured.
The healing score was higher in the group stimulated at the 6th week (p = 0.018). The density collagen 1 was higher in the group treated at the three times (p = 0.004) and that collagen 3 was higher in the group treated at 6 weeks (p = 0.004). Together, collagen 1 and 3 were higher in the group stimulated at 4 and 6 weeks (p = 0.009, p = 0.004). The maturity index was higher in this group at the three moments (p = 0.017 p = 0.004 and p = 0.009).
Low frequency electric stimulation improved healing and increased the quantity of collagen.
从组织学角度评估低频电刺激治疗大鼠跟腱损伤的效果。
34 只大鼠接受跟腱切断和修复术。将它们随机分配到两组。样本的一半构成实验组,其损伤部位用 2 Hz、非极化电流和 1 mA 刺激 14 天。另一些动物则构成对照组。在第 2、4 和 6 周对它们进行评估。进行组织学研究,测量胶原密度和伤口成熟指数。
在第 6 周刺激组的愈合评分更高(p = 0.018)。在三次治疗中,胶原 1 的密度更高(p = 0.004),而在第 6 周治疗时,胶原 3 的密度更高(p = 0.004)。总的来说,在第 4 和第 6 周刺激组中,胶原 1 和胶原 3 的密度更高(p = 0.009,p = 0.004)。在这三个时间点,该组的成熟指数更高(p = 0.017,p = 0.004 和 p = 0.009)。
低频电刺激可促进愈合并增加胶原的数量。