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Bratislava Medical Journal Vol.118, No.2, p.118-122, 2017

Title: The role of pegaptanib sodium in the suppression of epidural fibrosis in a postlaminectomy rat model
Author: I. Sertbas, A. Yilmaz, T. Yildirim, M. Karatay, H. Celik, M. A. Bayar

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Spinal epidural fibrosis is a clinical condition that develops after laminectomy and can compress the spine. Many agents have been tried for the treatment, but none has entered clinical use at present. Pegaptanib sodium is an antiangiogenetic drug that prevents the development of new vessels and thus adhesion by inhibiting the effect of VEGF.
MATERIAL AND METHOD: 20 Wistar rats were used in this study. The rats were divided into 2 different groups as the control and pegaptanib sodium group. Three levels of laminectomy were performed. Only laminectomy was performed in the control group. A cotton ball soaked with 3 mg/kg Pegaptanib sodium diluted 1: 10 with 0.9 % NaCl was topically applied to the dura in the surgical field for 5 minutes in the pegaptanib sodium group. The rats were sacrificed 3 weeks later and histopathologically examined. The epidural fibrosis was graded.
RESULTS: The epidural fibrosis grade in the pegaptanib sodium was significantly lower than in the control group c2 = 11,65; (p = 0.004)
CONCLUSION: Pegaptanib sodium blocked the VEGF through its anti-VEGF effect and decreased spinal epidural fibrosis in rats that had undergone laminectomy (Tab. 2, Fig. 3, Ref. 53).

Keywords: pegaptanib sodium, laminectomy, epidural fibrosis
Published online: 16-Feb-2017
Year: 2017, Volume: 118, Issue: 2 Page From: 118, Page To: 122
doi:10.4149/BLL_2017_024


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