title: Fate of small diameter cervical veins grafted into the common carotid arteries of growing rabbits.
abstract: Autogenous cervical veins were grafted into the common carotid arteries of rabbits during their active growing period. A patency rate of 58.8% was achieved but the thin-walled vein grafts underwent massive dilatation. This dilatation is likely to severely limit the usefulness of these veins as a source of bridging grafts in clinical practice, particularly for use within the intracranial cavity.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000254:growth & development / Q000601:surgery*; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004727:Endothelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D009333:Neck / Q000098:blood supply*; D011817:Rabbits; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation*