Scanning Electron Microscope Study of Microvenous Grafts to Artery
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Vol. 71 (1) , 98-106
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006534-198301000-00023
Abstract
The healing of microvenous grafts to femoral arteries in the rabbit has been studied using scanning electron microscopy at intervals ranging from zero time to 5 months. Healing of the grafts followed a similar pattern to that of end-to-end repairs. Postoperative survival of the original endothelium was far superior in the vein than in the artery. Re-endothelialization was completed by 2 weeks. No dilation of the graft or aneurysm formation appeared. A detailed account of the healing vein grafts has been reported and will enable comparison of healing of microvascular heterografts.Keywords
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