Inosculation of vessels of skin graft and host bed: a fortuitous encounter.
From the combined procedures of skin stereomicroscopy of in situ grafts in rats, graft removal and supravital intracardiac injection of a contrast medium, the data suggest that the revascularisation of skin grafts is an orderly sequence of events which include: active invasion of the graft dermis by the ingrowing host capillary sprouts; development of anastomoses between the graft and host vasculatures; entry of blood into the graft through the vascular anastomoses by 48 hours after transplantation.
D000818:Animals; D001163:Arteriovenous Anastomosis; D002642:Chick Embryo; D005260:Female; D007281:Ink; D051381:Rats; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000098:blood supply; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous