The effect of mesenchymal stem cells and sildenafil on flap viability in perforator-based flaps for ischemia/reperfusion injury: An experimental study

Microsurgery
Osman KelahmetogluEmine Diraman

Abstract

In this study, we evaluated the individual and combined effects of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and sildenafil citrate (SC) on the viability of pedicled perforator flaps in which ischemia/reperfusion injury developed after induction of primary ischemia. Seven Sprague-Dawley rats were used as donors of cells. Rectangular flaps (7 × 7 cm2 ) were created featuring the right second epigastric musculocutaneous perforator in 63 male Sprague-Dawley rats. The animals were randomly divided into two experimental groups (based on the ischemia time of 4 or 8 hours) and a control group. Each of the experimental group was further divided into four subgroups with no treatment, subcutaneous administration of MSCs after termination of ischemia, intraperitoneal administration of SC after termination of ischemia, and combined MSCs and SC treatments at the end of the period of ischemia (n = 7 for each subgroup). A sham group with no-ischemia to flap was used as the control (n = 7). On day 7, viable areas on the flaps were calculated from photographs. The levels of the antioxidative enzymes, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPX), were analyzed in tissue samples obtained from the most distal regions of...Continue Reading

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