Diversion colitis is described as an inflammatory process that occurs in the colorectal segments excluded of the fecal stream. The deficiency of the short-chain fatty acids inside of intestinal lumen was considered the main etiologic factor. AIM: The aim of the present study was valued, in experimental model of diversion colitis, the importance of the irrigation of the segment without fecal stream with nutritional solutions in prevention and treatment of the colic mucosa inflammation. METHOD: There were used thirty Wistar males rats, with initial weight varying between 350 and 500 grammas, submitted to the derivation of the fecal stream through proximal colostomy and distal mucous fistula. The animals were divided in three groups with 10 animals according to the irrigation of the excluded colic segment had been carried out with: SF Group: 0.9 % physiologic solution; GH Group: hypertonic glucose solution of 50 % and AG Group: solution of short-chain fatty acids. In all the animals, the irrigation of the excluded colon was carried each four days and the animals were sacrificed ever in 21st post-operative day. The removed fragments of the intestinal segments were colored by the techniques of hematoxylin-eosin and Masson trichromium. The histological variables studied were: thickness of the mucous layer, vascular congestion; inflammatory infiltrate and the level of tissue collagen. The considered results were subjected to statistical study considering signification level of 5 % (p <0.05). RESULTS: The obtained results showed that in the group where the excluded colon was irrigated with solution of short-chain fatty acids there was less vascular congestion, less inflammatory infiltrated and less collagen deposition when compared to another experimental groups. CONCLUSION: The results of the present study indicate that in the group receiving the short-chain fatty acid solution there was a decrease in the inflammatory infiltrate and the vascular congestion, as well as a reduction in the deposition of collagen tissue. The irrigation of segments without fecal stream with short-chain fatty acids it improves the inflammatory process found in the diversion colitis.
Colitis; colostomy; short-fain fatty acids; glucoses; metabolisms
