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Compensatory development of a patent vascular supply to the testis after intra‐abdominal transection of its main blood vessels

Year: 1983

Type: article

Abstract: The compensatory development of testicular vascular supply was studied in the pig after intra-abdominal transection of the testicular artery and vein at a young age (2 months). Post-pubertally (6 1/2 months) in these animals, normal spermatogenic epithelium and testosterone values were found. Functionally important anastomoses developed from latent connections between the vasal and testicular arteries at the coiled part of the latter and on the surface of the testis. Blood supply to the testes of operated animals reached 80% of values measured in control animals.

Source: International Journal of Andrology

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.1983.tb00342.x

Authors: E. N. Noordhuizen‐Stassen, G. Dijkstra, H. C. Schamhardt, C.J.G. Wensing

Institution: Utrecht University

Language: English

Topic: Sperm and Testicular Function

Subfield: Reproductive Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale