Uso da babosa (Aloe vera) na reparação de feridas abertas provocadas cirurgicamente em cães.

Abstract

The use of herbal medicines on the healing of surgical wounds has been growing in recent years with the search for active ingredients that play an effective role in this process, speeding recovery cirúrgica. The Aloe vera, one of the most prominent species of the genus Aloe, introduced in the parenchyma of their leaves with mucilage healing property. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of ointment Aloe (Aloe vera) in the repair of surgically induced open wounds in dogs. We used six dogs, four females and two males, two to six years old. Were removed segments containing one cm2 of skin and subcutaneous tissue of the dorsum of the animals. Wounds located on the left side represented the control group and were treated with saline 0.9% and the right side comprised the treatment group being treated with aloe ointment. Measurements were made of the wounds at 10 days post-operatively to evaluate the process of contraction of the same. On days 10, 20 and 28 were surgically removed samples of the wounds of both groups for histopathologic evaluation, which revealed that the use of aloe ointment promotes an intense fibroplasy, stimulates the epithelial cells and reduce the formation of the crust, favoring the healing.