title: Rat liver transplantation without preservation of "phrenic ring" using double cuff method.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a double cuff method for rat liver transplantation without preservation of "phrenic ring" to shorten the portal vein clamping time.
  
  
  METHODS
  "Phrenic ring" was completely excluded from the donor liver, and end to end anastomosis of suprahepatic inferior vena cava was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The portal vein clumping time was shortened to 10.6 min, the successful rate was 83.1%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This method can simplify the operation and shorten the portal vein clumping time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Changzhou 1st People's Hospital, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu Province, China. yyjiang8888@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yu-Dong
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Xiao-Ping
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Xin-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yi-Tao
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous