Auxiliary transplantation of a partial liver graft in the dog and the pig.
Auxiliary, heterotopic transplantation of 60% of the liver was performed in 24 beagles and 24 pigs. Operative mortality was low and graft survival was greatly improved by DLA-matching in the dog. The graft supplied by arterial and portal blood gave excellent metabolic support after the host liver was rendered ischemic by six hours clamping of the hepatic artery.
D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004285:Dogs / Q000601:surgery*; D006085:Graft Survival; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply; D008102:Liver Circulation; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D013552:Swine / Q000601:surgery*