Vessel preservation with glycerol: an experimental study in rats.
Arterial and venous allografts (aorta and femoral vein or artery) of Sprague-Dawley rats were preserved with glycerol (98%) or by lyophilization and subsequently implanted in Wistar rats. The grafts were removed for histologic examination of vessel patency on days 1, 30, 60, and 100 postoperatively. Whereas the glycerol-preserved vessels exhibited a high patency, the results obtained with the lyophilized vessels were less favorable. Lyophilized veins could not be successfully implanted.
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Steglitz, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
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D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000637:transplantation; D015925:Cryopreservation; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000637:transplantation; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D005990:Glycerol; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods*
D005990:Glycerol