title: New canine model for free jejunal graft studies.
abstract: The need to more fully understand the function and physiology of the free jejunal graft prompted us to develop a new canine model. Twelve dogs were used to transplant a free jejunal graft in the neck with proximal and distal stomas exteriorized to the skin. The techniques used, complications encountered, and the potential for acute and chronic studies with this animal model are presented.
authors.affiliation: Division of Otolaryngology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Scher
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Garza
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Haughey
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D007583:Jejunum / Q000637:transplantation*; D008297:Male; D010614:Pharynx / Q000601:surgery