title: Method for vascularized thymus transplantation in rats.
abstract: The studies established a microsurgical method of vascularized thymus transplantation in continuity with the heart in rats. The thymus-heart graft was joined with abdominal vessels of the recipient. The methodical investigations were performed on outbred Wistar rat strain. Observations in light microscopy and investigation of the graft's microvascular bed performed to the fifteenth day after operation showed well preserved lymphatic tissue and it's sufficient blood supply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, Institute of Basic Sciences, Military Medical Academy, Lódź.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Andrzejewski
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Zieliński
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000098:blood supply / Q000637:transplantation*; D014680:Veins / Q000601:surgery