REGENERATION OF THE DEEP CERVICAL LYMPHATICS -LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS -

Abstract

Regeneration of the lymphatic vessels following

ligation of the deep cervical lymphatics was studied

in 35 rabbits using both light and electron microscopes.

The newly formed lymphatics were evident

under the electron microscope in the first postoperative

week, in which the restoration of the

affected endothelial cells of the lymphatics and

reaction of the free cells such as fibroblasts and

macrophages were observed.