EFFECT OF MATERNAL HYPEROXYGENATION ON EXPERIMENTALLY PRODUCED UTEROPLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY IN THE RAT

Authors
SAPUNAR D VILOVIC K PINTARIC I VRDOLJAK E PETRI N SARAGABABIC M
Citation
D. Sapunar et al., EFFECT OF MATERNAL HYPEROXYGENATION ON EXPERIMENTALLY PRODUCED UTEROPLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY IN THE RAT, Reproduction, fertility and development, 8(3), 1996, pp. 379-381
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Reproductive Biology","Developmental Biology
Journal title
Reproduction, fertility and development → ACNP
ISSN journal
10313613
Volume
8
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
379 - 381
Database
ISI
SICI code
1031-3613(1996)8:3<379:EOMHOE>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The paper examines the effects of maternal hyperoxygenation on uteropl acental insufficiency produced by ligation of the uterine artery. Mate rnal hyperoxygenation did not significantly affect experimentally prod uced growth retardation or survival of the fetuses from the ligated ho rn. Analysis of the vascular anatomy revealed that additional oxygen i mproves the survival of fetuses compromised by uteroplacental insuffic iency only in the presence of anastomosis between the uterine and ovar ian arteries. The study demonstrated the importance of that anastomosi s in evaluating the results obtained by this experimental model.