[Morphology of vascularized tissue complexes after their transplantation on the vascular pedicle]

Light microscopy was used to study microvascular bed and tissue leukocytes in transplanted tissue complex on the vascular pedicle. The cause of the transplant edema was disturbed lymph flow manifesting in a significant dilation of lymph vessels and interstitial spaces. Restoration of the lymph flow and hemocirculation takes place by formation of new vessels registered in all the transplant tissue 2-8 months after transplantation. Late after the transplantation the tissues of the graft underwent progressive sclerotic transformation due to denervation and loss of specific functions of the transplanted tissues.