Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene surgical membrane in ovarian surgery on the rabbit. Biocompatibility, adhesion prevention properties and ability to preserve reproductive capacity.

Objective: To evaluate the biocompatibility, adhesion prevention properties and ability to preserve reproductive capacity of polytetrafluoroethylene surgical membrane in ovarian surgery on the rabbit.

Study Design: In two groups of female rabbits a standard lesion was made on each ovary. In group 1, one ovary was partially covered with a flat sheet of the surgical membrane, and the other was left uncovered so that each rabbit served as its own control.