title: Vascularization of free periosteal and 100 micron thick osteoperiosteal grafts in muscle tissue environment.
abstract: The vascularization of free periosteal and 100 micron thick osteoperiosteal grafts was studied in growing rabbits. Sixteen rabbits with 32 periosteal and 32 osteoperiosteal grafts were operated upon and microangiographed 1-21 days postoperatively. The vascularization of free periosteal grafts started 1 day postoperatively and that of osteoperiosteal grafts 3 days postoperaitvely. The first capillaries seemed to enter through the cambium layer in periosteal grafts and through the cortex in osteoperiosteal grafts.
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D000818:Animals; D010521:Periosteum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000637:transplantation*; D011817:Rabbits; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous