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Journal of Andrology, Vol 11, Issue 5 422-428, Copyright © 1990 by The American Society of Andrology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Fluid movement in the lumen of the rat epididymis: effect of vasectomy and subsequent vasovasostomy

T. T. Turner, J. L. Gleavy and J. M. Harris
Department of Urology, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908.

Intraluminal fluid movement rate was measured in four regions of the rat epididymis. The fastest flow occurred in the proximal caput epididymis (18.5 +/- 3.7 mm/hour) and the slowest in the distal cauda (2.5 +/- 0.5 mm/hour). Vasectomy significantly reduced caput fluid flow rates unless a sperm granuloma was present at the vasectomy site. Thirty days after vasovasostomy, caput fluid movement remained reduced in animals unless a granuloma was present. Failures of this or other aspects of epididymal biology to return to normal after vasovasostomy could play a role in the frequent infertility which persists after the operation.


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