title: Experimental vas replacement by either vas or a vascular graft.
abstract: An experimental model for vas replacement by transplantation of either vas or a vascular graft in attempt to restore patency in cases of a substance loss of vas that cannot be overcome by vasovasostomy was developed. Three transplant lengths, representing 10, 20 and 30% of the entire vas length, were used. The results showed an overall patency of 43% but for the transplant length representing 10% of the vas patency was achieved in approximately 75% of the cases regardless of the type of transplant used. Unpatency was usually due to occlusion of the proximal anastomosis, which in turn was considered to be due to a combination of unfavourable nutritional, neural and surgical factors. It is concluded that vas replacement by transplantation using either vas or a vascular graft is possible to perform experimentally and gives acceptable patency rates up to a transplant length of 10% of the entire vas length.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Urology, Orebro Medical Centre, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carringer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Schnürer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation; D014654:Vascular Patency