Technique of end-to-side portacaval shunt in fish (scyliorhinus canicula: small dogfish).
The authors describe a technique of portacaval shunt in a fish (small dogfish) using microsurgery. The techniques of anaesthesia and surgery are described and the results of eight operations are given, which show the problems of this kind of surgery, particularly with healing.
D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes; D008866:Microsurgery; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*