Body piercing - the threat of surgical complications

Abstract

There were studies describing a variety of surgical complications after a cosmetic procedure, body piercing in different anatomical region. Many surgical diseases such as meningitis, brain abscess, acute purulent appendicitis, infective endocarditis, developed against the background of bacteremia pathogens for which it became a gateway piercing infection. Unfortunately, often such etiopathogenic relationship difficult to establish and trace, so is relevant to prove the experimental surgical complications of body piercing procedure. The aim of this work was to study the effect of piercing on the effects of morpho-functional state of immunocompetent target organs (lymph nodes, spleen, thymus, liver, heart, etc.). The experiment was conducted on laboratory white rats weighing 150-200 g, which was carried out procedure piercing metal structures - implants (brand name "bar" or a "Barbel") in different anatomical region. In composition, implants made of various metals and alloys: surgical steel, silver, titanium. The duration of the experiment ranged from 35 to 45 days. Conducted histological examination of spleen tissue and lymph nodes of inguinal and axillary areas, para-aortic lymph nodes, thymus, heart, and liver tissue in the area of implantation (anterior abdominal wall, pubic area, neck and scapular spinal, language) showed that in all organs targetpresent in varying degrees of severity of alteration, edema and diapedesis of leukocytes, and in the tissues of the implantation zone - wound canal - pronounced inflammation and proliferation. Executed study revealed an inflammatory reaction in different areas of the body of the animal, which proves the possibility of surgical complications during the procedure piercings in different anatomical areas.