title: Construction and clinical significance of normal uterine arterial vascular network models.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To construct in vitro models of normal uterine arterial vascular network through vascular corrosion casting and explore their characteristics and clinical significances.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three sets of uterus, vagina and bilateral adnexa were perfused and cast via uterine artery and ovarian artery, using 25, 20 and 15% chlorinated poly vinyl chloride, respectively, and constructed into models one, two and three of the uterine arterial network correspondingly, followed by observing their characteristics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There existed important similarities and differences among the three models in displaying uterine arterial network: in model one, the uterine arterial trunk, its branches and partial spiral arteries were sharply demonstrated except the tiny ones; model two further displayed the communicating branches between bilateral spiral arteries, the arterial vascular network of ovarian artery and the anastomoses between the arterial blood supply of uterus and ovaries; model three presented the tiny branches, especially the obvious communicating branches, the complete arterial vascular network of ovary and fallopian tube and anastomoses between them.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A panorama of the uterine arterial vascular network is obtained under organic combination of the three models, which is surely promising for clinical teaching, selections of different approaches and interventional therapy in obstetrics and gynecology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nan fang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, PR China.
authors.forename: Chunlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhenbo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.forename: Hongxia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Zeyu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Kuncheng
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Guangming
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Huiwen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Jiewei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jianyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shizheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhong
mesh_terms: D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride; D055988:Uterine Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride