[Characteristics of development of collateral vessels after experimental ligation of the femoral artery under conditions of venous insufficiency].

Isolated ligation of the femoral artery and its combined ligation with the vein was performed in experiments on 62 dogs. Anatomical and physiological methods were used. It was stated that at the combined ligation collaterals developed sooner, number of anastomoses in muscles of the femoral posterior osseous-fascial case was greater, and their lumen was wider than at the isolated ligation of the femoral artery. However, the combined arterio-venous insufficiency was followed by a more severe postoperative course and noticeable biochemical disturbances. Thus, a certain discrepancy between the development of collaterals and the function of the tissue they feed was revealed. Analysing the data obtained it is possible to conclude that venous insufficiency, despite accelerating the transformation of the collaterals as a whole, aggravates conditions for collateral arterial circulation in the extremity.