REPRODUCTIVE OUTCOME AFTER OVARIAN SURGERY - MICROSURGERY VERSUS CO2-LASER

The present study was undertaken to compare CO2 laser vs microsurgery in ovarian surgery, evaluating both postoperative adhesion formation and reproductive outcome. Eighteen female white New Zealand rabbits were anesthetized, and the ovaries were exposed. At random, one ovary was longitudinally bivalved with a scalpel and then reconstructed by microsurgery. The contralateral ovary was similarly cut, but with a CO2 laser set at a superpulsed mode. Four weeks after surgery, the rabbits were mated, and 2 weeks later, the animals were evaluated for extent of postoperative adhesion formation, number of corpora lutea in each ovary, and number of embryos in each uterine horn. The nidation index was calculated. The present study shows no difference in postoperative adhesion formation or reproductive function following ovarian surgery by microsurgery or CO2 laser.