title: Effect of uterine horn ligation on bone mass: an experimental study in rats.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  After tubal ligation, normal bone mass in the presence of gonadal deficit has been reported. These incongruent results motivated us to examine the topic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bone mass was assessed by densitometry and ultrasonography 60 days after surgery on 100-day-old female Wistar rats. Fifteen Wistar rats with uterine horn ligation (TL) were compared with 15 unoperated, 15 with a sham uterine horn ligation (Sham-TL), and 15 ovariectomized (OVX), using ANOVA and a correlation test to determine the relations between results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Femoral and vertebral bone mass were significantly lower in the OVX y TL groups than in unoperated and controls groups (P<0.0001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study revealed significantly lower axial and peripheral bone mass in rats with uterine horn ligation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. horatio.rico@uab.es
authors.forename: Horatio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rico
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cuesta
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cortés
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Seco
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Monteagudo
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Hernández
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015519:Bone Density; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008026:Ligation; D016014:Linear Models; D009929:Organ Size; D010052:Ovariectomy; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014599:Uterus / Q000601:surgery*