Demonstration of the histopathological and immunohistochemical effects of a novel hemostatic agent, ankaferd blood stopper, on vascular tissue in a rat aortic bleeding model

Table 2 Light microscopical and immunohistochemical findings in the rats abdominal aorta on the 7^th day of the operation

	Group III (ABS)	Group IV (Plain gauze)	P
Histopathological changes
Necrosis	none	none	N/A
Endothelial cell egeneration	all	all	N/A
Foreign body reaction	2.0 ± 0.7	1.1 ± 0.4	0.006
Hemosiderin loaded hystiocyte	1.8 ± 0.6	0.8 ± 0.6	0.001
Immunohistochemical changes
e-NOS staining	0.8 ± 0.4	0.7 ± 0.4	0.6

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