Research Article
The Effect of Iloprost and N-Acetylcysteine on Skeletal Muscle Injury in an Acute Aortic Ischemia-Reperfusion Model: An Experimental Study
Table 2
Histological findings of all groups.
| | Control group | I-R group | Iloprost group | NAC group | |
| Loss of striation | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Uncertainties in the peripheral nucleus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NS | Necrosis | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Cellular swelling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | Edema | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Fibrosis | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Leukocyte accumulation in capillaries | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | Congestion | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | Hemorrhage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NS | PMNL infiltration | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | Monocyte-macrophage infiltration | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
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NS: not significant.
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