[Cryogenic injuries of the rabbit abdominal aorta and the iliac artery]

In rabbits, cryogenic injuries of the walls of abdominal aorta and iliac arteries were histologically examined after application of a cryoprobe ob -160 degrees C for 1 minute. Seven days thereafter the animals were killed. Extended partial and circular necroses and calcifications of the vascular walls were found. The alterations were less expressed when the blood stream was maintaimed during the freezing. Maximal changes occured at additional centripetal pinching the vessels.