Table 2.
Experimental results of the analyzed animals
| Individual animals | Mean | ||||||||
| Sheep 1 | Sheep 2 | Sheep 3 | Sheep 4 | Sheep 5* | Sheep 6 | Sheep 7 | Sheep 8 | ||
| Laboratory findings | AST↑ ALT↑ | AST↑ ALT↑ | AST↑ ALT↑ | AST↑ ALT↑ | platelet count↓ | AST↑ ALT↑ | AST↑ ALT↑ | AST↑ ALT↑ | n/a |
| Weight | |||||||||
| Animal [kg] | 94.8 | 78.8 | 87.6 | 69.8 | 79.8 | 83 | 76.6 | 66.4 | 80±9.2 |
| Cervix [g] | 32.5 | 31.1 | 5.9 | 42.3 | 12.5 | 20.1 | 39.6 | 30.9 | 27±13 |
| Corpus [g] | 18.1 | 8.7 | 4.3 | 23.6 | 8.3 | 13.2 | 19.2 | 21.4 | 15±7 |
| R uterine horn [g] | 26.7 | 22.7 | 14.6 | 48 | 18.2 | 46.5 | 44.7 | 40.8 | 33±14 |
| L uterine horn [g] | 33 | 26.7 | 13.5 | 35 | 17.7 | 64.7 | 42 | 25.7 | 32±16 |
| Entire uterus [g] | 110.3 | 89.2 | 38.3 | 148.9 | 56.7 | 144.5 | 145.5 | 118.8 | 107±42 |
| Necrosis (%) | |||||||||
| Uterus | 21.87 | 12.85 | 16.96 | 37.17 | n/a | 30.30 | 37.04 | 27.31 | 26±9.5 |
| Uterus E/M | 14.93/6.94 | 10.07/2.78 | 12.50/4.46 | 27.30/9.87 | n/a | 23.48/6.82 | 26.85/10.19 | 20.83/6.48 | 19±7/ |
| 6.8±2.7 | |||||||||
| Uterine body | 18.75 | 25.00 | n/a | 31.25 | n/a | 75.00 | 68.75 | 37.5 | 43±24 |
| Body E/M | 18.75/n/a | 25.00/n/a | n/a | 27.08/4.17 | n/a | 43.75/31.25 | 50.00/18.75 | 20.83/16.67 | 31±13/ |
| 18±11 | |||||||||
| R uterine horn | 13.75 | 13.54 | 41.25 | 61.46 | n/a | 36.36 | 58.93 | 59.38 | 41±21 |
| R horn E/M | 10.00/3.75 | 10.42/3.12 | 28.75/12.50 | 43.75/17.71 | n/a | 29.54/6.82 | 42.86/16.07 | 46.88/12.5 | 30±15/ |
| 10±5.8 | |||||||||
| L uterine horn | 57.50 | 20.83 | 6.25 | 40.63 | n/a | 45.00 | 56.25 | 18.75 | 35±20 |
| L horn E/M | 36.25/21.25 | 15.63/5.20 | 6.25/n/a | 29.17/11.46 | n/a | 36.25/8.75 | 40.62/15.63 | 15.63/3.13 | 26±13/ |
| 11±6.7 | |||||||||
AST = aspartate aminotransferase; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; R = right; L = left; E = endometrium; M = myometrium; * = died before embolization; n/a = not applicable/available.