Experimental study of the effects of nitroglycerin, botulinum toxin A, and clopidogrel on bipedicled superficial inferior epigastric artery flap survival.


Journal

Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
03 12 2022
Historique:
received: 23 07 2022
accepted: 22 11 2022
entrez: 3 12 2022
pubmed: 4 12 2022
medline: 7 12 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Beneficial effects could be achieved by various agents such as nitroglycerin, botulinum toxin A (BoTA), and clopidogrel to improve skin flap ischaemia and venous congestion injuries. Eighty rats were subjected to either arterial ischaemia or venous congestion and applied to a bipedicled U-shaped superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) flap with the administration of nitroglycerin, BoTA, or clopidogrel treatments. After 7 days, all rats were sacrificed for flap evaluation. Necrotic area percentage was significantly minimized in flaps treated with clopidogrel (24.49%) versus the ischemic flaps (34.78%); while nitroglycerin (19.22%) versus flaps with venous congestion (43.26%). With ischemia, light and electron microscopic assessments revealed that nitroglycerin produced degeneration of keratinocytes and disorganization of collagen fibers. At the same time, with clopidogrel administration, there was an improvement in the integrity of these structures. With venous congestion, nitroglycerin and BoTA treatments mitigated the epidermal and dermal injury; and clopidogrel caused coagulative necrosis. There was a significant increase in tissue gene expression and serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in ischemic flaps with BoTA and clopidogrel, nitroglycerin, and BoTA clopidogrel in flaps with venous congestion. With the 3 treatment agents, gene expression levels of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were up-regulated in the flaps with ischemia and venous congestion. With all treatment modalities, its serum levels were significantly increased in flaps with venous congestion and significantly decreased in ischemic flaps. Our analyses suggest that the best treatment option for ischemic flaps is clopidogrel, while for flaps with venous congestion are nitroglycerin and BoTA.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36463303
doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-24898-9
pii: 10.1038/s41598-022-24898-9
pmc: PMC9719547
doi:

Substances chimiques

Nitroglycerin G59M7S0WS3
Botulinum Toxins, Type A EC 3.4.24.69
Clopidogrel A74586SNO7
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A 0

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

20891

Informations de copyright

© 2022. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Mohamed A Ellabban (MA)

Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden. mohamed.ellabban@med.suez.edu.eg.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt. mohamed.ellabban@med.suez.edu.eg.

Moustafa Elmasry (M)

Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden.

Islam Abdelrahman (I)

Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden.

Ghada Abdel Kader (G)

Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt.

Ingrid Steinvall (I)

Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden.

Folke Sjoberg (F)

Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns and Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, 58183, Linköping, Sweden.

Amr A Gomaa (AA)

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt.

Islam Omar Abdel Fattah (IO)

Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt.

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