Surgical technique of orthotopic liver transplantation in rats: The Kamada technique and a new splint technique for hepatic artery reconstruction

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-15

  Ishii, Eiichi ^a   Shimizu, Akira ^a   Takahashi, Mikiko ^a   Terasaki, Mika ^a   Kunugi, Shinobu ^a   Nagasaka, Shinya ^a   Terasaki, Yasuhiro ^a   Ohashi, Ryuji ^b   Masuda, Yukinari ^a   Fukuda, Yuh ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal model; Hepatic artery; Liver transplantation; Rat; Rearterialization

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; PROLINE;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT; CANNULA; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CELIAC ARTERY; GRAFT FAILURE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KAMADA TECHNIQUE; LEARNING; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MICROANGIOPATHY; NEPHRECTOMY; NEW SPLINT TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; RENAL ARTERY; REVIEW; SILK SUTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD; TELESCOPE; THROMBOSIS;

ANIMALS; HEPATIC ARTERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RATS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPLINTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84874049499     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.80.4     Document Type: Review

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