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Preventing Testicular Damage in Genital Burns With Cooling: An Experimental Study
Abstract
Aim: Investigate changes in testes after cooling scrotal burns with melaleuca hydrogel after burn trauma.
Materials and Methods: Twenty male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into 4 groups of 10 testes each. Five animals in the sham group were anesthetized; both testes were removed through a lower transverse abdominal incision. In the burn-induced groups, a tin container filled with boiling water was used to induce burns. In group T30, scrota were fixed in a hole in a 25×30 cm porcelain wall tile plate and contacted the steam for 30 seconds; in groups T60 and TB60 (melaleuca hydrogel application group), the same procedure was done for 60 seconds. Excisional biopsies of the testes in all groups were done 1 hour later. Proliferation indexes for spermatogenic cells were measured using a PCNA labeling index. Apoptotic activity in spermatogenic cells was measured using the TUNEL index. Epidermal and dermal damage to the skin was measured semiquantitatively.
Results: No significant differences were found regarding proliferative indexes in any group. Increased apoptotic activity was observed in the T30 group, testicular degeneration began with a high apoptotic rate in spermatogenic cells at 60 seconds (P<.05). Application of melaleuca hydrogel to the scrotum after 60- second steam-burn trauma decreased apoptotic activity levels to those of the T30 group (immunehistochemistry) (P>.05). No degeneration of the spermatogenic cells was seen in the TB60 group.
Conclusions: Immediate cooling by applying melaleuca hydrogel after burn trauma decreases the amount of testicular damage in a rat model of experimental scrotal steam burns.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Pathology
Journal Section
Systematic Reviews and Meta Analysis
Publication Date
March 18, 2015
Submission Date
September 30, 2014
Acceptance Date
October 30, 2014
Published in Issue
Year 2014 Volume: 67 Number: 1
APA
Abalı, A. E., & Özdemir, H. (2015). Preventing Testicular Damage in Genital Burns With Cooling: An Experimental Study. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, 67(1), 33-36. https://izlik.org/JA33NG22YP
AMA
1.Abalı AE, Özdemir H. Preventing Testicular Damage in Genital Burns With Cooling: An Experimental Study. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 2015;67(1):33-36. https://izlik.org/JA33NG22YP
Chicago
Abalı, Ayşe Ebru, and Handan Özdemir. 2015. “Preventing Testicular Damage in Genital Burns With Cooling: An Experimental Study”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 67 (1): 33-36. https://izlik.org/JA33NG22YP.
EndNote
Abalı AE, Özdemir H (March 1, 2015) Preventing Testicular Damage in Genital Burns With Cooling: An Experimental Study. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 67 1 33–36.
IEEE
[1]A. E. Abalı and H. Özdemir, “Preventing Testicular Damage in Genital Burns With Cooling: An Experimental Study”, Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 33–36, Mar. 2015, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA33NG22YP
ISNAD
Abalı, Ayşe Ebru - Özdemir, Handan. “Preventing Testicular Damage in Genital Burns With Cooling: An Experimental Study”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası 67/1 (March 1, 2015): 33-36. https://izlik.org/JA33NG22YP.
JAMA
1.Abalı AE, Özdemir H. Preventing Testicular Damage in Genital Burns With Cooling: An Experimental Study. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası. 2015;67:33–36.
MLA
Abalı, Ayşe Ebru, and Handan Özdemir. “Preventing Testicular Damage in Genital Burns With Cooling: An Experimental Study”. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, vol. 67, no. 1, Mar. 2015, pp. 33-36, https://izlik.org/JA33NG22YP.
Vancouver
1.Ayşe Ebru Abalı, Handan Özdemir. Preventing Testicular Damage in Genital Burns With Cooling: An Experimental Study. Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası [Internet]. 2015 Mar. 1;67(1):33-6. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA33NG22YP