PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of postconditioning protection in liver tissue of rats submitted to ischemia and reperfusion. METHODS: 25 Wistar male rats were randomized in three groups: Group A (ischemia and reperfusion – I/R), with 10 rats, which was made ischemia by vascular clamp application in hepatic hilum for 30 minutes and reperfusion for 60 minutes by removal of the clamp; Group B (Postconditioning – ...