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ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2013

Comparison of different methods of intestinal obstruction in a rat model.

Meng-Lang Yuan, Zheng Yang, Yu-Cheng Li, Lan-Lan Shi, Jia-Ling Guo, Yu-Qin Huang, Xia Kang, Jing-Jing Cheng, Yang Chen, Ting Yu and 3 more

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Meng-Lang YuanDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu 610081, Sichuan Province, China.
Zheng Yang
Yu-Cheng Li
Lan-Lan Shi
Jia-Ling Guo
Yu-Qin Huang
Xia Kang
Jing-Jing Cheng
Yang Chen
Ting Yu
De-Qi Cao
Huan Pang
Xiao Zhang

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aimTo investigate different methods of creating incomplete intestinal obstruction in a rat model and to compare their electrophysiologic, morphologic and histologic characteristics.

methodsRat ileum was partially obstructed by the respective application of: braided silk (penetrated the mesentery and surrounded intestine); half ligation (penetrated directly and ligated 1/2 cross-section of the intestine); wide pipe (6 mm in width, surrounded the intestine); narrow pipe (2 mm in width, surrounded the intestine). A control was also included (no obstruction). Various behavioral and electrophysiologic variables, as well as morphologic and immunohistochemical observations were recorded by blinded investigators at different time points (12, 24, 48, 72 h), including daily general condition, ileal wet weight and circumference, macromorphous and micromorphous intestine, bowel movement capability in vivo and in vitro, slow wave and neural electrical activity, and the number of c-Kit positive interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC).

resultsDespite being of a similar general condition, these methods resulted in different levels of obstruction in each group compared with the control at different time points (12, 24, 48, 72 h). However, these fields of the wide pipe rat showed significantly differences when compared with the other three obstructed groups at 12 to 72 h, including macroscopic and histological presentation, intestinal transit ratio and contractility, circumference and wet weight, amplitude and frequency of nerve electrical discharge and slow wave, and ICC numbers (all P < 0.01).

conclusionThe wide pipe rat method is significantly more reliable and stable than the other methods of obstruction, demonstrating that use of the wide pipe method can be a useful model of incomplete intestinal obstruction.

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AnimalsBiomarkersDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGastrointestinal TransitIleal DiseasesIleumInterstitial Cells of CajalIntestinal ObstructionLigationMaleMyoelectric Complex, MigratingProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kitRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTime FactorsBiomarkersProto-Oncogene Proteins c-kitComparative studyElectrophysiologyInterstitial cells of CajalIntestinal obstructionModelMorphology

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PMID23430052
PMCPMC3574595

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