[Surgical procedure improvement to produce rat ischemia-reperfusion injury model with intraluminal suture].
OBJECTIVE
To describe a modified surgical approach to produce rat ischemia-reperfusion injury model with intraluminal suture.


METHODS
After exposure and ligation of the common carotid artery (CCA), the left external carotid artery and pterygopalatine artery were opened in which a 3-0 nylon suture was introduced intraluminally from the distal end of the ligature of the CCA using a scalp needle. Reperfusion injury was induced by withdrawal of the suture.


RESULTS
The length of the suture was about 20.0+/-1.8 mm and the success rate of model establishment was nearly 70%. The rats developed typical symptoms and pathological manifestations after the surgery.


CONCLUSIONS
This modified surgical approach is simple for model establishment and does not require special microsurgical skills to ensure the high success rate.
Department of Neurology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. icdi_dr@fimmu.com
Hai-shan
HS
Jiang
Bing-xun
BX
Lu
Zhong
Z
Ji
Li-xin
LX
Wang
Su-juan
SJ
Zhang
D000818:Animals; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000601:surgery; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D008026:Ligation; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000601:surgery*