A new method of complete biliary retention.
We describe a new modified method of producing non-obstructive complete internal biliary retention in the rat by draining bile into the caudal vena cava. This relatively simple method has the additional advantage that restraining cages are not necessary.
D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000502:physiology*; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D051381:Rats / Q000601:surgery*; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery