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. 2019 Jan 17;9:164. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-36631-6

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Study of collagen deposit following colonic anastomosis after irradiation using combined treatment (iterative injections). (A) Representative pictures of picrosirius staining 5 weeks after surgery thus 8 weeks after irradiation in the different groups of rats. Scale bars represent 200 µm. (B) Quantification of the ratio of the surface picrosirius positive staining to the total surface of the anastomosis scar. N = 5 animals per group Sham = control rat with surgery, IR = irradiated rat with surgery, IR + combined treatment = irradiated rat + surgery + combined treatment injected as described in the protocol 2 of Supplementary Fig. 2. **p < 0.01 vs. sham rats.