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Six models of heterotopic rat liver transplantation: Introducing a reverse circulation model
Author(s) -
Lee Sun,
Scott Michael H.
Publication year - 1986
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.1920070210
Subject(s) - medicine , blood circulation , circulation (fluid dynamics) , liver transplantation , blood supply , vena cava , transplantation , rat model , inferior vena cava , surgery , systemic circulation , physics , thermodynamics , traditional medicine
Six different models of heterotopic partial (30%) liver transplant techniques were enumerated step‐by‐step with the special introduction of a so‐called nonregenerative model in which the afferent blood supply to the liver graft was the host's systemic blood while the reverse circulation model was to receive the host's portal blood via the suprahepatic vena cava. The reverse circulation model needs further investigation as to its applicability, but the nonregenerative partial liver transplant model certainly deserves attention because of its importance for possible infusion studies using various hepatic nutrients, hormones, and enzymes.