Pulmonary Morphological Changes in the Simulation and Treatment of Lower Limb Ischemic and Perfusion Lesions

Objective: to investigate pulmonary morphological changes in animals with limb ischemic and reperfusion lesions, which were treated with hemocarboperfusion on sodium hypochlorite-modified sorbents.

Materials and methods. The investigation was conducted on 94 mature mongrel male dogs with 4-hour limb ischemia and subsequent reperfusion. Limb ischemia was induced by applying a tourniquet to the isolated vascular fascicle of an experimental limb proximal to the origin of the deep artery of the thigh. Following 4 hours, reperfusion was made, by removing the tourniquet. Three hours of the initiation of reperfusion, one-hour hemocarboperfusion was performed thrice for 72 hours. Lung biopsy samples were used for morphological studies. Morphological changes were evaluated, by employing the hematoxylin- and eosin-stained semifine sections. The visceral histological pattern was assessed by a light trinocular microscope (OLYMPUS, Japan) (microscope objective 10).

Results. The development of 4-hour limb ischemia is accompanied by significant microcirculatory disorders in the lungs that exhibit dyscirculatory and dystrophic processes concurrent with the signs of tissue dyscomplexation without the signs of an inflammatory reaction. In the reperfusion period, there was a significant progression of lung tissue morphological changes corresponding to the pattern of phase 2 respiratory distress syndrome. Sodium hypochlorite-modified CKN-1K sorbent hemocarboperfusion resulted in a virtually complete restoration of the lung architectonics in the presence of insignificant microcirculato-ry and ventilatory disorders. After standard hemocarboperfusion, the lung tissue may be defined as a slightly reduced pattern of acute pulmonary lesion.

Conclusion. Sodium hypochlorite-modified CKN-1K sorbent hemocarboperfusion is an effective technique in abolishing ischemic and reperfusion lesions.

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