Resumo Sling de uretra média é o tratamento padrão para a incontinência urinária de esforço. A abordagem transobturatória (TOT) surgiu como alternativa para minimizar os riscos da inserção às cegas das agulhas com taxa de complicações perfurativas menores quando comparadas à abordagem retropúbica. Apresentamos um caso de lesão em ramo da artéria obturatória esquerda após sling TOT que evoluiu com sangramento intenso e instabilidade hemodinâmica, sendo tratado com embolização.

Abstract The placement of a suburethral sling is standard treatment for stress urinary incontinence. The transobturator technique (TOT) emerged as an alternative to minimize the risks of the blind insertion of needles, leading to a lower rate of perforation complications compared with the retropubic approach. We present a case of injury to a branch of the left obturator artery following the placement of a urethral sling using TOT, followed by intense bleeding and hemodynamic instability, which was treated with embolization.

The cyclamate is used as artificial non-caloric sweetner in a wide variety of foods and beverages, being 30 times as sweet as sugar without the bitter after-taste of saccharin. It appears in the composition of the products as sodium and calcium cyclamates and cyclamic acid. The purpose of this research was to assess the effect of sodium cyclamate in kidneys of rats fetuses considering morphometric changes of glomerulus, proximal and distal convoluted tubules, and collecting duct. Ten pregnant rat (Rattus norvegicus) weighting an average of 238 g were divided into two groups: 5 in the control group and 5 in treated group with sodium cyclamate. Between the 10th and the 14th pregnancy day, 5 rats received an intraperitoneal daily injection of 60 mg/kg of body weight of sodium cyclamate during 5 days. At the 20th, the animals were sacrificed and the fetuses were fixed in Alfac solution, included in paraffin, sectioned and stained with haematoxyline and eosine. Morphometry by the karyometric technique was the method used. The principal measurements were glomerular volume and cell nuclei size of proximal and distal convoluted tubules and collecting duct. There were a significant decrease in fetal and placentae weight in treated group with sodium cyclamate (p = 0.004) when compared with control group. In the glomerular volume and cell nuclei size of proximal and distal convoluted tubules and collecting duct of kidneys of rats fetuses treated with sodium cyclamate, the increase was statistically significant. The results showed that the use of sodium cyclamate was effective in the reduction of fetal and placentae weight, and lenght of umbilical cords. There was a significant increase in glomerular volume and in cell nuclei size of proximal and distal convoluted tubules and collecting duct, suggesting nephrotoxicity

El ciclamato es usado como edulcorante no calórico en muchos alimentos y bebidas y es 30 veces más dulce que la sacarosa, sin el gusto amargo de la sacarina. Aparecen en su composición, los productos como ciclamato de sodio, ciclamato de calcio y ácido ciclámico. El objetivo del trabajo fue evaluar los efectos del ciclamato de sodio en riñones de fetos de ratas, considerándose las alteraciones morfométricas en glomérulo, túbulos contornados proximal y distal y conducto coletor. Fueron utilizadas 10 ratas adultas (Rattus norvegicus) variedad Wistar, con peso medio de 238 g, 5 ratas para el grupo control y 5 ratas tratadas con ciclamato de sodio. Entre el 10 y 14 día de la preñez, 5 ratas recibieron una inyección diaria intraperitoneal de 60mg/Kg/día de ciclamato de sodio durante 5 días. En el 20 día, los animales fueron sacrificados y los fetos fijados en solución de Alfac, incluidos en parafina, cortados y teñidos com H-E. El método utilizado fue la morfometría por la técnica cariométrica. Hubo disminución significativa en los pesos de los fetos y de la placenta en el grupo tratado con ciclamato de sodio (p= 0,004) comparado con el grupo control. En el volumen glomerular y tamaño nuclear de las células de los túbulos contornados proximal, distal y conducto colector del riñón fetal de las ratas tratadas con ciclamato de sodio, hubo aumento estadísticamente significativo. Los resultados mostraron que el uso del ciclamato de sodio produjo la reducción del peso de los fetos, placenta y longitud del cordón umbilical. Hubo aumento significativo en el volumen glomerular y en el tamaño nuclear de las células de los túbulos contornados proximal, distal y conducto colector, sugerente de nefrotoxicidad