Does the administration route of leucovorin have any influence on the impairment of colonic healing caused by intraperitoneal 5-fluorouracil treatment?
Autor: | T. Unek, M. Hacıyanlı, Z. Tokgoz, M. Fuzun |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2001 |
Předmět: |
Male
Antimetabolites Antineoplastic medicine.medical_specialty Colon medicine.medical_treatment Leucovorin Anastomosis Gastroenterology Advanced colorectal cancer Surgical anastomosis Route of administration Tensile Strength Internal medicine medicine Animals Rats Wistar Wound Healing business.industry Anastomosis Surgical Body Weight Intraperitoneal chemotherapy Rats Hydroxyproline Blood Fluorouracil Anesthesia Toxicity Surgery business Adjuvant Injections Intraperitoneal medicine.drug |
Popis: | Intraperitoneal chemotherapy with li-fluorouracil (5-FU) is a new, promising alternative in adjuvant treatment of advanced colorectal cancer. Leucovorin (LV), a biomodulator of 5-FU, potentiates the antineoplastic effect of 5-FU. The aim of this study was to determine whether the administration routes of LV had any influence on the impairment of colonic healing caused by intraperitoneal 5-FU treatment. 48 male Wistar rats were subjected to left colonic resection and anastomosis, and randomized to 1 of 4 groups: control group (receiving intraperitoneal NaCl, intravenous NaCl); ipFU group (receiving intraperitoneal 5-FU, intravenous NaCl); ipFU+ivLV group (receiving intraperitoneal 5-FU, intravenous LV), and ipFU+LV group (receiving intraperitoneal 5-FU+LV, intravenous NaCl). Treatment was started after surgery and continued for 5 days with daily injections. The animals were sacrificed on the 7th day postoperatively. Anastomotic complications were more common in the ipFU, ipFU+ivLV, and ipFU+LV groups (p < 0.05) compared to the control group. The anastomotic breaking strength was significantly reduced in the ipFU, ipFU+ivLV, ipFU+LV groups (p < 0.05) than in the control group, but it did not differ between the ipFU, ipFU+ivLV, and ipFU+LV groups. The hydroxyproline content of the anastomotic segment was also significantly reduced in the ipFU, ipFU+ivLV and ipFU+LV groups (p < 0.05) compared to the control group. However, there was no difference between the anastomotic hydroxyproline content of the ipFU, ipFU+ivLV, and ipFU+LV groups. In this experiment, colonic healing was impaired after intraperitoneal 5-FU administration as judged by the higher rates of anastomotic complications, reductions in anastomotic breaking strength and hydroxyproline content; but LV administration either intravenously or intraperitoneally did not cause further deterioration in colonic healing. Copyright (C) 2001 S. Karger AG, Baser. |
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