THE HISTOPATHOLOGY OF SMALL ARTERIES FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL MICROVASCULAR ANASTOMOSIS

1 December 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Vol. 60 (6) , 868-875
https://doi.org/10.1097/00006534-197712000-00004

Abstract

We studied the histopathological changes present at various intervals after microsurgical anastomoses in the femoral arteries of 30 rats. The principal findings were (1) widespread loss of intima, (2) widespread necrosis of media, and (3) dehiscence of sutures. The possible causes for these, and their possible significance, are discussed.

Keywords

EXPERIMENTAL
HISTOPATHOLOGY
MICROVASCULAR
ARTERIES
LOSS
INTIMA
RATS
NECROSIS
MICROSURGICAL
FEMORAL