Antilipidemic Ezetimibe Induces Regression of Endometriotic Explants in a Rat Model of Endometriosis

"Surgical induction of endometriosis was done as: A 5-cm vertical midline incision was made and a distal segment 1 cm in length of the right uterine horn was resected. The segment was split longitudinally, and a 5 X 5 mm piece was sectioned.~This piece of uterine tissue was transplanted without removing the myometrium onto the inner surface of the right abdominal wall with the serosal surface apposed and secured with single nonabsorbable 5-0 polypropylene suture at the middle to the abdominal wall. The abdominal incision was closed in two layers~Drug administration:~Vehicle treatment (1 mL/kg/day saline) was administered orally to the control group with the gavage methodology. Ezetimibe (1 mg/kg/day (Ezetrol®, Merck Sharp Dohme, Istanbul, Turkey) was administered orally with gavage methodology to the rats in the study for 28 days postoperatively"