A scanning electron microscope study of microvascular anastomoses.
The abdominal aortas of 30 rats were sutured under an operating microscope. The results were studied under a scanning electron microscope at 8 different periods after operation, ranging from 3 minutes to one month. The observations are presented.
D000818:Animals; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004727:Endothelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051381:Rats; D013537:Sutures