OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to culturally validate the FACE-Q - Satisfaction with Facial Appearance Overall Scale (Face-Q SFAOS) in a population of Brazilian rhytidoplasty patients. METHOD: Authorization for the translation and validation of the questionnaire was obtained from the FACE-Q SFAOS distribution rights holders. The FACE-Q SFAOS was translated and then back-translated. For cultural validation, a total of 57 women were selected 5 to 8 months after undergoing rhytidoplasty. Twenty of them participated in the cultural adaptation, 30 participated in the reproducibility analysis, and 57 participated in the construct validation. RESULTS: The analysis identified two factors (general appearance and face geometry) that exhibited excellent internal consistency. The total satisfaction score, which comprised nine items, also presented excellent internal consistency. Good reproducibility was found for Overall Appearance, Geometry and Total. There was a difference in the satisfaction means (total and factors) between procedure locations; patients undergoing frontal, upper eyelid and lower eyelid procedures were less satisfied than those who did not undergo such procedures. Satisfaction was higher with geometry than with overall face appearance. CONCLUSION: The FACE-Q SFAOS was adapted to the cultural context of Brazilian rhytidoplasty patients and was reproducible, and the scale exhibited face, content and construct validity.

OBJETIVO: avaliar os efeitos do óleo da andiroba (Carapa guianensis) na função do fígado de ratos submetidos à isquemia/reperfusão hepática normotérmica. MÉTODOS: foram utilizados 12 ratos Wistar, distribuídos em dois grupos: solução salina (n=6) e andiroba (n=6). O grupo andiroba foi tratado com óleo de andiroba (0,63ml/kg, VO) durante sete dias antes do procedimento cirúrgico. A isquemia foi induzida por oclusão da vascularização dos lobos mediano e lateral do fígado, usando clip vascular, nos dois grupos, por 45min, com posterior reperfusão por 60min. Analisaram-se as dosagens de AST, ALT, Gama-GT e biodistribuição hepática do fitato-Tc99m. RESULTADOS:não houve diferença significante no percentual de radioatividade/grama de tecido (%ATI/g) no lobo direito do grupo salina (17,53±2,78) quando comparado com o grupo andiroba (18,04±3,52), com p=0,461, o mesmo ocorrendo no %ATI/g do lobo esquerdo do fígado quando os dois grupos foram comparados (p=0,083). No grupo salina o %ATI/g foi significativamente mais elevado no lobo hepático direito não isquemiado (17,53±2,78), em comparação com o lobo esquerdo (5,04±0,82), que sofreu isquemia/reperfusão (p=0,002). Diferença significante também ocorreu na comparação entre os lobos direito (18,04±3,52) e esquerdo (7,11±1,86) dos animais do grupo andiroba (p=0,004). Não houve diferença significante nas dosagens de AST, ALT e Gama-GT comparando-se os dois grupos (p>0,05). CONCLUSÃO:o óleo de andiroba não contribuiu para a proteção da função hepática em modelo de lesão induzida por isquemia e reperfusão normotérmica do fígado de ratos.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of the Andiroba (carapa guianensis) oil on liver function in rats subjected to normothermic ischemia / reperfusion injury. METHODS: we divided 12 Wistar rats into two groups: saline (n = 6) and Andiroba (n = 6). The Andiroba group was treated with Andiroba oil (0.63 ml/kg orally) for seven days before surgery. Ischemia was induced by occlusion of the blood supply to the lateral and median lobes of the liver, using vascular clips, in both groups, for 45min, followed by reperfusion for 60 minutes later. We analyzed dosages of AST, ALT, Gamma-GT, and liver biodistribution of 99mTc phytate. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in the percentage of radioactivity / gram of tissue (%ATI/g) in the right lobe of the saline group (17.53 ± 2.78) compared with the Andiroba group (18.04 ± 3.52) p = 0.461, the same occurring in the%ATI/g of the left lobe of the liver when the two groups were compared (p = 0.083). In the saline group, the%ATI/g was significantly higher in the non-ischemic right hepatic lobe (17.53 ± 2.78) when compared with the left lobe (5.04 ± 0.82) that suffered ischemia / reperfusion (p = 0.002). Significant differences also occurred when comparing the right (18.04 ± 3.52) and left (7.11 ± 1.86) lobes of the animals of the Andiroba group (p = 0.004). There was no significant difference in dosages of AST, ALT and Gamma- GT when comparing the two groups (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Andiroba oil did not contribute to the protection of liver function in a rat model of liver injury induced by normothermic ischemia and reperfusion.

PURPOSE: To describe the vascular and tissue histopathological changes in seven sequential experimental liver transplantations in pigs. METHODS: Fourteen female pigs, Sus domesticus species, with body mass between 5 and 8 kg were utilized. After the end of all anastomoses of the graft implantation in the receptor, the animal was monitored for 30 minutes, and at its end one of the biopsies was collected for histological analysis. The histological criteria utilized were: lytic hepatocyte necrosis, density of septal and portal inflammatory infiltrated, sinusoidal congestion and hemorrhage. The analysis was performed separately for the portal region in zone 1, 2 and 3. RESULTS: Among the structural changes undergone by the graft, those with greater frequency and intensity were vascular congestion and steatosis, which stood out in transplantations 5, 6 and 7. CONCLUSIONS: The technique demonstrated vascular alterations represented by vasocongestion, edema and minimum inflammatory reaction. In relation to the parenchyma, was observed macrovacuolar pan-acinar steatosis, focal lytic and occasional hemorrhages, beyond the accumulation of hemosiderin in Kuppfer's cells.