Rat liver transplantation without preservation of "phrenic ring" using double cuff method.
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.
Jiang
Yong
Y
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Changzhou 1st People's Hospital, Changzhou, 213003, Jiangsu Province, China. yyjiang8888@hotmail.com
Qiu
Yu-Dong
YD
Gu
Xiao-Ping
XP
Zhu
Xin-Hua
XH
Ding
Yi-Tao
YT
D000818:Animals; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous