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March, 2010, Vol. 12, No. 1

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Functional activity of rabbit salivary glands in reduced and restored regional arterial blood supply conditions

Kaspars Stamers, Andrejs Skagers, Kalvis Pastars, Nonna Tomisheva, Maija Ratniece

Summary

Background. Although the vascular pathology of carotid arteries is widespread, the function of salivary glands in reduced arterial flow conditions is not much investigated clinically and in experiments. At the same time blood supply is a keystone to normal functioning of every organ and especially of salivary secretion. The aim of this study was to estimate functional activity of salivary glands in reduced and restored blood supply conditions in experiment by sialoscintigraphy which is an approved method for functional assessment of salivary glands.

Methods. The ligature of a. carotis communis dextra was performed on 20 Californian rabbits. After 28 days sialoscintigraphy with Tc99 pertechnetate and revascularization through resection of the occluded part of a. carotis communis and reconstruction with venous autograft was performed. One month later sialoscintigraphy was done.

Results. The functional activity of rabbit salivary glands after the ligature of a. carotis communis is strongly depressed. The revascularized glands accumulated isotope slowly, but the level of accumulation was higher than on the control side.

Conclusion. The ligature and reconstruction of a common carotid artery on rabbits confirm the important role of the arterial blood supply in functional activity of salivary glands and may be an appropriate experimental model for investigation of ischemic disease of salivary glands.

Key words: sialoscintigraphy, carotid artery ligature.

Received: 13 10 2009

Accepted for publishing: 26 03 2010


1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia

2Department of Reconstructive Microsurgery, University Hospital "Gailezers", Riga, Latvia

3Department of Radionuclide Diagnostics, Stradins University Hospital, Riga, Latvia

Kaspars Stamers1 – MD, D.D.S.

Andrejs Skagers1 – MD, Dr. hab. med, professor, Head of Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Kalvis Pastars2 – MD

Nonna Tomisheva2 – MD

Maija Ratniece3 – MD

Address correspondence to Kaspars Stamers, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dzirciema str. 20, Riga LV 1007, Latvia.

E-mail address: stamersons@inbox.lv