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Mesenterico-caval shunt in rats

J. F. M. RudigierJ. GrönnigerP. Wendling

subject

Malemedicine.medical_specialtymedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryAngiographyVena Cava InferiorGeneral MedicineMicrosurgical procedureMesenteric VeinRatsShunt (medical)Surgerybody regionsShuntingPortal SystemMesenteric Veinssurgical procedures operativePortal bloodAngiographyMethodscardiovascular systemAnimalsMedicineBlood supplybusiness

description

A microsurgical technique for mesenterico-caval shunting in the rat is described. The method results in a partial blood drainage from the upper abdominal content whereas the blood of the mesenteric vein is shunted to the inferior caval vein. Controls were undertaken after 1 and 3 weeks, either visually or radiologically. Twenty-two of 26 surviving animals showed patency of the shunt. All animals had undisturbed blood supply to the portal stump.

https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01851635