Decreasing the number of ovulations in the rabbit with surgical division of the blood vessels between the fallopian tube and ovary.
The effect of surgical division of the anastomotic blood vessels between the ovary and the fimbria upon the number of ovulations in that ovary was tested in 32 New Zealand white rabbits. A significant reduction in the number of ovulations occurred, from an average of 5.6 for the control ovary to 3.3 for the experimental ovary (p less than 0.01). This finding suggests that every effort be made to preserve the tuboovarian blood supply in women at the time of reconstructive fertility surgery.
D000818:Animals; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008866:Microsurgery; D010053:Ovary / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000502:physiology; D010060:Ovulation; D011817:Rabbits