The Immediate Effect of Castration on Female Rabbit Bladder Blood Flow and Tissue Oxygenation

William J. Badger, Catherine Whitbeck, Barry Kogan, Paul Chichester, Robert M. Levin

Urologia Internationalis · 2006 · 18 citations · 16 references

Abstract

The bladder urothelium is extremely sensitive to short-term ovariectomy, with significant urothelial hypoxia seen by post-ovariectomy day 1. Urothelial hypoxia may play a significant role in pelvic pain syndromes, incontinence, and increased susceptibility to bladder infection.

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