Influence of Early Postoperative Feeding in Gastrointestinal Anastomotic Fistula Formation and Healing Time in Rabbits

Figure 3

Histology of the postoperative day 5 anastomosis (200x). Light microscopy of the H&E-stained postoperative day 5 sections showed rare neutrophils but large numbers of lymphocytes and monocytes in the anastomotic site tissues of both groups of animals. (a) Control group. Blue arrows showed cell necrosis. (b) Experimental group. Yellow arrows showed vascularization.

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