title: The use of a silastic shield to protect an externalized biliary cannula.
abstract: A simple shield made of a folded silastic sheet is described for the protection of the externalized portion of a permanent biliary cannula in rats. Advantages of this shield are its light weight, flexibility, transparency, and ease of resealing for repeated interruption of hepatobiliary circulation. Since the shield is positioned around rather than being a segment of the cannula, a single length of tubing can be used.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Kanz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vanoye-Trevino
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Moslen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000601:surgery*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011482:Protective Devices / Q000662:veterinary*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains / Q000601:surgery*; D012826:Silicone Elastomers
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers