[Preservation and relocation of the ovaries in an experiment on female dogs and the initial experience in radical hysterectomy in women].

During an experiment in bitches, the ovaries were placed sub-peritoneally beneath the skin of the abdominal wall preserving the infundibulo-pelvic ligament. A year later a relaparotomy was performed. No alterations were evidenced in the ovaries placed either sub-peritoneally of beneath the skin. In 7 patients of less than 36 years of age, during radical hysterectomy performed for cervical carcinoma the ovaries were placed intraperitoneally at the level of the lower kidney pole, preserving the vascularisation of the infundibulo-pelvic ligament. In one patient a cystic degeneration occurred on the right side, while the ultrasound control did not reveal any pathology in the rest of the patients. A year later the total urine estrogen levels were within normal ranges.