Open AccessRepeated Doses of Ketamine Affect the Infant Rat Urogenital System
Author(s) -
Hülya Kaşıkara,
Nuran Süngü,
Mustafa Arslan,
Ayşegül Küçük,
Levent Öztürk,
Nigar Afandiyeva,
Mustafa Kavutçu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
drug design, development and therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1177-8881
DOI - 10.2147/dddt.s285862
Subject(s) - ketamine , saline , medicine , epididymis , anesthesia , endocrinology , andrology , sperm
Long-term ketamine use is known to create an interstitial cystitis-like problem in the bladder. It is known that long-term intermittent ketamine is applied to the children receiving radiotherapy for sedation. This study was planned to investigate whether this effect seen in the bladder causes similar changes in the kidneys, testicles, epididymis and ductus deferens.