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Technique of end‐to‐side portacaval shunt in fish (scyliorhinus canicula: Small dogfish)
Author(s) -
Louis D.,
Mouriquand P.,
Clement G.,
Rigal A.,
Peres G.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/micr.1920050112
Subject(s) - scyliorhinus canicula , portacaval shunt , medicine , fish <actinopterygii> , shunt (medical) , surgery , microsurgery , fishery , portal hypertension , biology , cirrhosis
The authors describe a technique of portacaval shunt in a fish (small dogfish) using microsurgery. The techniques of anaesthesia and surgery are described and the results of eight operations are given, which show the problems of this kind of surgery, particularly with healing.