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A modification to facilitate end-to-side portacaval anastomosis in rats: description of a modified technique
Fernando Sánchez-Patán1, Raquel Anchuelo, María Angeles Aller
1Surgery I Department, Medical School, Complutense University of Madrid, Pza. de Ramón y Cajal s.n., 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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.
Method:
A loop in the distal end of the suture makes it easier both, the beginning and the end, of the portacaval anastomoses.
Conclusion:
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.
