[Experimental porto-systemic diversion in the rat: a comparative analysis of technics and results]

A number of techniques for performing portacaval end-to-side and side-to-side pancreaticoduodenal and mesenterico-caval shunts in rats are described. These shunts, transposition and arterialization are valuable objects for training in microvascular surgery. Effects of shunts, liver function, hemodynamics, metabolic and neurological changes related to portal flow, liver metabolism, and portal pressure are compared.