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      A irradiação local com o laser de baixa potência acelera a regeneração do nervo fibular de ratos Translated title: Local low power laser irradiation accelerates the regeneration of the fibular nerve in rats

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          OBJETIVO: Estudar a influência da irradiação com o laser AsGaAL de baixa potência na regeneração de um nervo periférico, após lesão por esmagamento controlado. MATERIAL E MÉTODOS: O nervo fibular comum direito de 30 ratos Wistar foi submetido a uma lesão por esmagamento com uma pinça de carga regulável (5.000 g, 10 minutos de aplicação), os animais sendo divididos em três grupos (n=10), de acordo com o procedimento pós-operatório (sem irradiação; irradiação simulada; irradiação efetiva). A irradiação com o laser (comprimento de onda: 830 nm; potência do emissor: 100 mW; modo contínuo; dose: 140 J/cm²) era iniciada no primeiro dia pós-operatório e realizada por 21 dias consecutivos. Foram analisados a massa corporal dos animais, o tempo de percurso na passarela de marcha e o índice funcional do fibular (PFI), pela análise das impressões das pegadas, no período pré-operatório e no 21º dia pós-operatório. RESULTADOS: O tempo de marcha e o PFI melhoraram significativamente mais no grupo de irradiação efetiva com o laser, apesar do ganho significante de massa corporal entre os períodos pré e pós-operatório. CONCLUSÃO: A irradiação com o laser AsGaAL de baixa potência com os parâmetros aqui empregados acelerou e melhorou a regeneração do nervo fibular do rato.

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          OBJECTIVE: To study the influence of low power GaAs-Al laser irradiation on the regeneration of a peripheral nerve, following a controlled crush injury. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The right common fibular nerve of 30 Wistar rats was submitted to a crush injury with an adjustable load forceps (5 000 g, 10 minutes of application). The animals were divided into three groups (n=10), according to the postoperative procedure (no irradiation; sham irradiation; effective irradiation). Laser irradiation (830 nm wave-length; 100 mW emission power; continuous mode; 140 J/cm²) was started on the first postoperative day and continued over 21 consecutive days. Body mass, time spent on the walking track and functional peroneal index (FPI) were analyzed based the hind footprints, both preoperatively and on the 21st postoperative day. RESULTS: Walking time and PFI significantly improved in the group that received effective laser irradiation, despite the significant gain in body mass between the pre- and post-operative periods. CONCLUSION: Low Power GaAs-Al laser irradiation, with the parameters used in our study, accelerated and improved fibular nerve regeneration in rats.

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          Injury to a mammalian peripheral nerve is accompanied by a restorative process that is manifested after a delay. This process is expressed morphologically by the emergence of new nerve fibers. Restoration of function occurs when the regenerating fibers reconnect with the target organ. Because of the low rate of fiber elongation, the denervated target is partially degenerated by the time that the regenerating fibers approach it. To prevent such an atrophy, one must find a way to prevent the degeneration of the nerve, to speed up regeneration, or to maintain the target during the period of nerve degeneration. In the present work, we examined the potential of treatment with low energy laser radiation for improving regeneration or preventing degeneration of mammalian peripheral nerve after injury. After repeated injury for 20 consecutive days, treatment of the sciatic nerve of the rat with low energy laser (He-Ne, 17 mW) caused a significant increase in the amplitude of the action potential recorded in the corresponding gastrocnemius relative to the action potential of injured but not treated nerves. The action potential of the injured sciatic nerves that were laser-irradiated increased to values close to that of a noninjured nerve. The studies include follow-up for 1 year after the injury. This electrophysiological manifestation of the effect of laser treatment on injured nerves was accompanied by a diminution of the size of the scar tissue from these nerves. Yet to be resolved is whether these two phenomena (i.e., electrophysiological and morphological responses) coincide or whether they relate to each other.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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            Photoengineering of neural tissue repair processes in peripheral nerves and the spinal cord: research development with clinical applications.

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                Journal
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                Acta Ortopédica Brasileira
                Acta ortop. bras.
                Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia (São Paulo )
                1809-4406
                2010
                : 18
                : 3
                : 152-157
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade de São Paulo Brazil
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                S1413-78522010000300007
                10.1590/S1413-78522010000300007
                bb67aade-cd06-4733-b52e-a83b7ea6416e

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                ORTHOPEDICS

                Orthopedics
                Peroneal nerve,Regeneração nervosa,Ratos,Síndrome de esmagamento,Nervo fibular,Nerve regeneration,Rats,Crush syndrome

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