A modification to facilitate end-to-side portacaval anastomosis in rats: description of a modified technique.
OBJECTIVE
To describe a modified technique of end-to-side portacaval shunt in the rat in order to simplify this relevant microsurgical model of liver disease.


METHODS
A loop in the distal end of the suture makes it easier both, the beginning and the end, of the portacaval anastomoses.


CONCLUSIONS
This surgical innovation decreases the technical difficulty of the portacaval shunt in the rat without adding complications, like portal hypertension related to anastomoses stenosis or hemorrhage.
Sánchez-Patán
Fernando
F
Surgery I Department, Medical School, Complutense University of Madrid, Pza. de Ramón y Cajal s.n., 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Anchuelo
Raquel
R
Aller
María Angeles
MA
Arias
Jaime
J
D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D023421:Models, Animal; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats