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Manufacturing Devices and Instruments for Easier Rat Liver Transplantation

Author(s) -

Graziano Oldani,

Stéphanie Lacotte,

Lorenzo A. Orci,

Philippe Morel,

Gilles Mentha,

Christian Toso

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of visualized experiments

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596

H-Index - 91

ISSN - 1940-087X

DOI - 10.3791/50380

Subject(s) - computer science , biomedical engineering , transplantation , forceps , process (computing) , protocol (science) , liver transplantation , cuff , surgery , computer hardware , engineering drawing , medicine , embedded system , engineering , pathology , operating system , alternative medicine

Orthotopic rat liver transplantation is a popular model, which has been shown in a recent JoVE paper with the use of the "quick-linker" device. This technique allows for easier venous cuff-anatomoses after a reasonable learning curve. The device is composed of two handles, which are carved out from scalpel blades, one approximator, which is obtained by modifying Kocher's forceps, and cuffs designed from fine-bore polyethylene tubing. The whole process can be performed at a low-cost using common laboratory material. The present report provides a step-by-step protocol for the design of the required pieces and includes stencils

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