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Thesis (M.S.)-- Springfield College, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

A ruptura total ou parcial do ligamento cruzado cranial (LCCr), é considerada uma das principais causas de instabilidade no cão e está entre as mais freqüentes afecções ortopédicas no cão. A ruptura do ligamento cruzado cranial (RLCCr) implica em tratamento cirúrgico por artroscopia ou artrotomia e se faz necessária a retirada dos seus resquícios e a sua substituição. Trinta e oito amostras de LCCr rompidos de animais submetidos ao tratamento cirúrgico para RLCCr e 13 amostras de LCCr íntegro de cadáveres de cães que tenham vindo a óbito por diferentes causas e sem histórico de doença articular foram coletadas para a realização de um estudo morfométrico, ultra-estrutural e imuno-histoquímico das células e componentes da matriz extracelular presentes no LCCr desses cães. Os cortes histológicos foram corados pela Hematoxilina-Eosina para análise histopatológica, Picrossirius-Hematoxilina para análise do colágeno, Resorcina- Fucsina para estudo das fibras do sistema elástico e Alcian-Blue-PAS para proteoglicanas. Os resultados sugeriram que houve diferença significativa entre os LCCr rompidos do grupo dos Labradores e as amostras íntegras do grupo controle no que diz respeito às alterações celulares. Em relação ao estudo de fibras colágenas a área ocupada foi significativamente maior no grupo controle. Não houve diferença significativa entre os grupos em relação às fibras do sistema elástico, entretanto, houve correlação entre a densidade linear destas fibras com a idade dos animais. Também foi possível estabelecer uma correlação entre peso e idade e, entre peso e tempo de evolução da doença articular. No estudo imuno-histoquímico para α-actina de músculo liso e Caspase 3, o grupo cirúrgico apresentou maior número de marcações positivas que o grupo controle. / Total or partial rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) is one of the main causes of instability on dogs and is one of the most frequent orthopedic conditions of the dog. The rupture of CCL demands surgical procedure by arthroscopy or arthrotomy and the extraction and replacement of its remaining fragments is needed. Thirty-eight samples of ruptured CCL, collected during the surgical time and thirteen samples of intact CCL collected from cadavers of dogs without articular disease history were examined in this study. Morphometric, ultrastructural and immunohystochemical techniques were realized to study cells and extracellular matrix of CCL samples. The tissue sections were stained by Hematoxilyn-Eosin to histopathological study, Picrosirius-Hematoxilyn to collagen study, Resorcin-Fucsin to elastic fibers study and Alcian Blue-PAS to proteoglicans study. The results suggest that there were signifcant differences between the ligaments of the Labrador retrievers and the intact ligaments of the control group regarding the cellular changes. The control group had a significant larger area occupied by collagen fibers than the other groups. There is no statistical difference on elastic fibers among the groups. However the linear density of elastic system fibers could be correlationated with age of dogs. There was a correlation between weight and age, and betwwen weight and time of development of articular disease. Immunohistochemical study showed more positive cells to α-smooth muscle actin and caspase-3 in the ruptured CCL than the control group.

Orientador: Sérgio Rocha Piedade / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-24T00:56:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Takaes_IgorGiglio_D.pdf: 3495607 bytes, checksum: 997a8e42e41218f941a9801fb74230d6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: INTRODUÇÃO: A Avaliação pós-operatória das lesões ligamentares do joelho realizada por escores clínicos, na maioria das vezes, privilegia a análise subjetiva e não fornece dados do equilíbrio muscular. A dinamometria isocinética fornece dados objetivos do déficit e equilíbrio muscular do joelho e aprimora a análise e a interpretação dos resultados pós-operatórios. OBJETIVOS: Avaliar o equilíbrio funcional do joelho pela dinamometria após reconstrução do complexo bicruzado e sua correlação com escores clínicos. MATERIAL E MÉTODOS: Foram avaliados 21 pacientes (16 homens e 05 mulheres), com idade media de 33 anos, IMC médio de 26,2 ± 3.4. Todos os pacientes foram submetidos à reconstrução cirúrgica do LCP e do LCA em dois tempos, com intervalo médio de 03 meses entre os procedimentos. Com tempo mínimo de 01 ano de pós-operatório, foi realizada a análise isocinética dos joelhos e aplicado o escore de Lysholm, Tegner e SF-36. Os testes isocinéticos foram conduzidos a 05 repetições nas velocidades de 60º/s e 180º/s e 15 repetições a 300º/s. RESULTADOS: A média do escore de Lysholm foi 82,6 ± 16,9 pontos, enquanto o escore de Tegner apresentou redução de 38,6% comparada ao nível pré-lesão. Foram obtidos os seguintes valores médios no SF- 36 nos itens: capacidade funcional (70,71); limitação por aspectos físicos (58,33); dor (73,79); aspectos gerais de saúde (80,71); vitalidade (72,0); aspectos sociais (85,12); aspectos emocionais (85,7); e saúde mental (76,76). Na avaliação isocinética, o lado operado apresentou déficit de torque extensor médio de 20 % a 60º/s, 15% a 180º/s e 14% a 300º/s, enquanto no torque flexor o déficit médio foi de 11% a 60º/s, 12% a 180º/s e 12% a 300º/s. Embora tenha sido registrado menor valor médio de torque nos joelhos operados comparado aos joelhos controle, não houve diferenças estatísticas com relação ao equilíbrio funcional do joelho (isquiotibiais/quadríceps). CONCLUSÃO: Os resultados isocinéticos da reconstrução do complexo bicruzado realizada em dois tempos evidenciaram déficit do torque extensor e flexor no lado operado. Embora, nenhum paciente tenha retornado ao nível pré-lesão, o equilíbrio funcional do joelho (flexor-extensor) pode ter contribuído para avaliação subjetiva regular nos escores clínicos / Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Postoperative evaluation of knee ligament injuries made by clinical scores, in most cases, favors the subjective analysis of the data and does not provide muscular balance. Isokinetic dynamometry provides torque deficit and knee muscle balance and thus enhances analysis and interpretation of clinical results after surgery. OBJECTIVES: To assess the functional balance of the knee after bicruciate reconstruction and its correlation with clinical scores. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We evaluated 21 patients (16 men and 05 women), mean age 33 years, mean BMI of 26.2 ± 3.4. All patients underwent surgical reconstruction of the PCL and ACL in two stages, with a mean interval of 03 months between the procedures. With a minimum of one year postoperatively, the analysis was performed isokinetic knee and applied the Lysholm score, Tegner and SF-36. The isokinetic tests were conducted to 05 repetitions at 60°/s and 180°/s and 15 repetitions at 300°/s. RESULTS: The Lysholm score was 82.6 ± 16.9 points and Tegner scores showed a deficit of 38,6% compared to pre-injury level. We obtained the following average values in items of SF-36: functional capacity (70.71); limitations due to physical aspects (58.33); pain (73.79), general health (80.71), vitality 72, social aspects (85.12), emotional aspects (85.7) and mental health (76.76). In isokinetic evaluation, the deficit of the operated quadriceps average torque was 20% at 60 º/s, 180°/s at 15% and 14% up to 300°/s, while the average flexor torque deficit was 11% at 60°/s, 12% at 180°/s and 12% at 300º /s. Although, it was registered that operated knees presented a minor mean values of torque compared to the control knees, no difference was founded to the knee functional balance (hamstrings/quadriceps). CONCLUSION: The results of isokinetic bicruciate reconstruction, performed at two stages, showed a deficit of extensor and flexor torque in the operated side. Although no patient has returned to pre-injury level, the functional balance of the knee (flexor-extensor) may have contributed to the good subjective Lysholm score / Doutorado / Fisiopatologia Cirúrgica / Doutor em Ciências

L’ingénierie tissulaire est un domaine pluridisciplinaire visant l’élaboration de prothèses biologiques autologues. Dans cette stratégie, la fabrication de structures, appelées scaffolds, utilisées pour la culture cellulaire est nécessaire. Nous avons développé plusieurs méthodes de fabrication de ces structures tridimensionnelles. La première méthode (solvant casting/particulate leaching out) utilisant une solution de polymère et des particules sphérolisées de glucose comme porogène, permet l’obtention de structures possédant des pores sphériques et bien interconnectés. Nous avons montré que ces scaffolds sont biocompatibles et que leurs propriétés mécaniques en compression peuvent être ajustées. La seconde méthode, l’electrospinning, permet la fabrication de membranes fibreuses biocompatibles, dont le diamètre des fibres peut être contrôlé (de 800 nm à plusieurs micromètres). La troisième méthode de fabrication consiste à tricoter des fils de suture, élaborant ainsi des matrices hautement poreuses, dont le comportement en traction est similaire, dans sa forme, à celui d’un tendon ou d’un ligament. En couplant le procédé de tricotage et celui d’electrospinning, il est possible de construire des scaffolds, où des microfibres alignées sont déposées sur la surface des structures tricotées. Ce procédé innovant autorise un ensemencement cellulaire facile et efficace des scaffolds et nous avons montré que les cellules s’orientent spontanément selon la direction des fibres, imitant ainsi la morphologie des tendons et des ligaments. Dans une future utilisation, dans un bioréacteur appliquant de la traction-torsion cyclique, les microfibres vont pouvoir transmettre les déformations aux cellules et stimuler la synthèse de la matrice extracellulaire / Tissue engineering is a pluridisciplinary domain aiming at elaborating biological autologous prosthesis. In this strategy, the fabrication of structures, called scaffolds, used for cell culture is necessary. We developed several fabrication techniques of these three-dimensional structures. The first technique (solvent casting/particulate leaching out), involving a polymer solution and spherolized glucose particles, allows the elaboration of scaffolds, owing spherical and well interconnected pores. We showed that the scaffolds are biocompatible and that their mechanical properties in compression can be adjusted. The second technique, electrospinning, leads to the elaboration of biocompatible fibrous membranes whose fiber diameter can be controlled from 800 nm to several micrometers. The third technique of scaffold fabrication proceeds by the elaboration of knitted scaffolds from suture threads. The knitted scaffolds are highly porous and their tensile behavior is similar, in its shape, to the ligaments and tendons stress-strain curves. Using knitting and electrospinning, it has been possible to fabricate knitted scaffolds where aligned microfibers are deposited on their surface. This innovative process allows an easy and efficient cell seeding and we showed that cells are orientated along the fibers, mimicking thus tendons and ligaments morphology. In the future, theses scaffolds will be used in a bioreactor where cyclic traction and torsion will be applied. The aligned microfibers will be able to fully transmit the deformation to the cells, stimulating by this mean the extracellular matrix synthesis

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Orthodontics research investigates the methods in which tooth displacement may be directed in the tooth-periodontal ligament-bone-complex. In the biological environment, the periodontal ligament is the soft tissue responsible for the absorption of forces on teeth and has a direct connection to tooth mobility. Current research is limited in that it must be conducted in an in-vivo capacity. A major advancement in orthodontics research would be a testing method that allows for the development and analysis of orthodontic devices without a patient present. This study outlines the development and testing methods for the validation of an artificial periodontal ligament to be used in conjunction with an artificial-tooth-periodontal ligament-bone-complex. The study focused on finding the criteria in which consistent results were produced, the mixture that best simulated the human periodontal ligament’s mechanical behavior, and the robustness of the artificial-periodontal ligament-bone-complex. This study utilized a geometrically accurate denture mold filled with varying compositions of an artificial periodontal ligament for testing. Experiments focused on findings of viscoelasticity, curing times, and instantaneous responses of the teeth under direct orthodontic loading, as well as the changes in response from different teeth within the denture mold. Tests confirmed that a mixture composed of 50\% Gasket Sealant No. 2 and 50\% RTV 587 Silicone produced a substance that could adequately serve as an artificial periodontal ligament.

Eagle syndrome is a rare clinical condition that is characterized by either an elongated styloid process or a calcified stylohyoid ligament. This report describes the case of a 35-year-old woman who presented with Eagle syndrome following the treatment of recurrent laryngeal carcinoma with ionizing radiation.

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Ce projet de recherche porte sur la reconstruction du ligament croisé antérieur du genou (LCA) par génie tissulaire. Fréquente chez les sportifs et les personnes actives, la rupture du LCA compromet la stabilité fonctionnelle du genou. Notre équipe de recherche a développé un ligament reconstruit par génie tissulaire qui pourrait éventuellement servir d’option de remplacement, suite à une rupture du LCA. Notre modèle expérimental étant la chèvre, les expériences de greffe sur des périodes variant entre 1 et 13 mois, ont démontré une revascularisation, une innervation, un renouvellement de la matrice, la formation de cartilage structuré aux insertions osseuses, ainsi qu’un gain de force et de rigidité. Dans le but d’optimiser la procédure de production et d’implantation en prévision d’éventuels essais cliniques, des tests ont été effectués in vitro pour préparer une prochaine série de greffes d’un substitut du LCA de 2e génération. Ce nouveau substitut ligamentaire n’est pas ancré par des blocs osseux, alors sa fixation à l’articulation du genou sera effectuée en utilisant des endoboutons, une pratique devenue courante en chirurgie de reconstruction du LCA (Chapitre 1). L’adaptation de la technologie aux méthodes d’implantation privilégiées en clinique constitue une étape essentielle pour évaluer son potentiel chez l’humain. La conception et la production de substituts du LCA par génie tissulaire présentent un potentiel très intéressant et prometteur au plan clinique.