title: A simple method for bile duct anastomosis and interval bile collection in the liver-transplanted rat.
abstract: A mini T-tube is introduced for the bile duct anastomosis of rat liver transplantation as well as interval bile collection. The validity of the T-tube was evaluated in 14 liver-transplanted rats and compared to 14 rats using traditional stent for bile duct anastomosis. Changes of biliary tree after the T-tube anastomosis were examined by T-tube cholangiography on sample rats at 4 days and at 4 months after liver grafting. Additionally, bile volumes and rates of bile salt secretion were compared in the continuously flowing cannula and the chronic T-tube fistula in normal rats. The results show that the mini T-tube facilitates bile duct anastomosis and study of bile secretion after liver transplantation in rats without increase in surgical difficulty or interference of biliary enterohepatic circulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22908.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Rosenlof
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Selby
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000502:physiology; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000601:surgery*; D002758:Cholangiography; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts