title: Effects of the histamine H2 receptor antagonist famotidine on the healing of colonic anastomosis in rats.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Failure of anastomotic healing is one of the major complications in colorectal surgery. Because histamine plays an important role in immune and inflammatory reactions, we demonstrate the effects of famotidine on the healing of colonic anastomosis in rats.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-eight Sprague-Dawley rats were used in the study. Excision and end-to-end anastomosis was performed in the distal colon of the rat. The Famotidine Group received 2 mg/kg/day famotidine; the Control Group received the same amount of saline. Bursting pressure of anastomoses and hydroxyproline content of perianastomotic tissues were evaluated on the third and seventh days following surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Bursting pressures and hydroxyproline contents for the Famotidine Group were significantly lower than the equivalent parameters for the Control Group on both the third and seventh days post-surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to our findings, famotidine exerts detrimental effects on the anastomotic bursting pressure and hydroxyproline content of perianastomotic tissues in the colon of rats.
authors: School of Medicine, Fatih University, Ankara, Türkiye. aydininan@ttmail.com
authors: Aydin
authors: A
authors: Inan
authors: Meral
authors: M
authors: Sen
authors: Onder
authors: O
authors: Sürgit
authors: Metin
authors: M
authors: Ergin
authors: Mikdat
authors: M
authors: Bozer
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000818:Animals; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D015738:Famotidine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D006635:Histamine H2 Antagonists; D015738:Famotidine