Protective effect of boric acid on kidney tissue and oxidative stress after testicular torsion/detorsion in male rats

Table 2 Kidney tissue histopathological findings, mean ± SE

	Group control (n = 6)	Group BA (n = 6)	Group I/R (n = 6)	Group BA-I/R (n = 6)	aP value
GV	0.17 ± 0.17	0.33 ± 0.21	1.33 ± 0.21b,c	1.00 ± 0.26b	0.008
TD	0.50 ± 0.22	0.33 ± 0.21	1.83 ± 0.17b,c	0.83 ± 0.31d	0.007
VVH	0.33 ± 0.21	0.33 ± 0.21	1.33 ± 0.21b,c	0.67 ± 0.21d	0.025
TCDN	0.00 ± 0.00	0.33 ± 0.21	1.00 ± 0.00b,c	0.50 ± 0.21	0.005
BSD	0.33 ± 0.21	0.50 ± 0.22	1.00 ± 0.26	0.50 ± 0.34	0.295
THC	0.33 ± 0.21	0.50 ± 0.22	1.00 ± 0.00	0.67 ± 0.21	0.113
LI	0.50 ± 0.22	0.50 ± 0.22	1.17 ± 0.17	0.67 ± 0.21	0.133
TCS	0.33 ± 0.21	0.50 ± 0.22	0.83 ± 0.17	0.67 ± 0.21	0.335

^aP < 0.05 indicates significance level with Kruskal-Wallis test.

^bP < 0.05 vs group control.

^cP < 0.05 vs group boric acid.

^dP < 0.05 vs group ischemia/reperfusion.

BA: Boric acid; I/R: Ischemia/reperfusion; GV: Glomerular vacuolization; TD: Tubular dilatation; VVH: Vascular vacuolization and hypertrophy; TCDN: Tubular cell degeneration and necrosis; BSD: Bowman space dilatation; THC: Tubular hyaline casts; LI: Lymphocyte infiltration; TCS: Tubular cell shedding.