Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 182-184 , June 2006

The effect of indwelling catheter on OH-proline in the urethral wound: An experimental study

  • Salih Somuncu

      Affiliations

    • Kırıkkale University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Çocuk Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, 71100 Kırıkkale, Turkey. Tel.: +90 318 2252491; fax: +90 318 2252819.
    • ,
  • Osman Caglayan

      Affiliations

    • Kırıkkale University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Turkey
    • ,
  • Murat Cakmak

      Affiliations

    • Kırıkkale University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Turkey
    • ,
  • Fatma Caglayan

      Affiliations

    • Kırıkkale University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Turkey
    • ,
  • Sevgi Ulusoy

      Affiliations

    • Kırıkkale University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Turkey

Received 12 May 2005 ,Accepted 1 July 2005.

References 

  1. Klinge U, Si ZY, Zheng H, Schumpelick V, Bhardwaj RS, Klosterhalfen B. Abnormal collagen I to III distribution in the skin of patients with incisional hernia. Eur Surg Res. 2000;32:43–48
  2. Bergman I, Loxley R. The determination of hydroxyproline in urine hydrolysates. Clin Chim Acta. 1970;27:347–349
  3. Raghow R. The role of extracellular matrix in postinflammatory wound healing and fibrosis. FASEB J. 1994;8:823
  4. Peters CA, Freeman MR, Fernandez CA, Shepard J, Wiederschain DG, Moses MA. Dysregulated proteolytic balance as the basis of excess extracellular matrix in fibrotic disease. Am J Physiol. 1997;272:R1960
  5. Ziegler MM, Azizkhan RG, Weber TR. Operative pediatric surgery. Wound healing. McGraw-Hill; 2003;p. 186–8
  6. Da-Silva EA, Sampio FJB, Darnas MC, Damiao R, Cardoso LEM. Extracellular matrix changes in urethral stricture disease. J Urol. 2002;168:805–807
  7. Baskin LS, Constantinescu SC, Howard PS, Mc Aninch JW, Ewalt DH, Duckett JW, et al. Biochemical characterization and quantitation of the collagenous components of urethral stricture tissue. J Urol. 1993;150:642–647
  8. Taneli F, Ulman C, Genç A, Yılmaz O, Taneli C. Biochemical analysis of urethral collagen content after tubularized incised plate urethroplasty: an experimental study in rabbits. Urol Res. 2004;32:219–222

PII: S1477-5131(05)00124-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2005.07.003

Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 182-184 , June 2006

Article Tools