Modified model of reduced-size liver transplantation in rats / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: There are few studies on liver regeneration following living liver transplantation. Improvement of operation methods and techniques and successful rate are the basis for rat liver transplantation study and data acquisition. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of improved model of reduced-size liver transplantation in the rat. METHODS: Healthy SD rats were selected. 70 pairs of rats were subjected to reduced-size liver transplantation before modification, and 100 pairs subjected to reduced-size liver transplantation after modification. The donors were female and the recipients were male, and the body mass of donors was 10 g less than the recipients. Operation of donor was performed by only one person with the naked eye, and reduced-size donor liver was performed in the donor operation. The handle of self-made cannula was placed in the front of portal vein and inferior vena cava, respectively, and the tied ligature of pyloric veins was turned inside out of the self-made cannula. Furthermore, the tied ligature was placed in the left of the self-made cannula; the same to inferior vena cava except that the tied ligature of right renal vein was placed in the right of the self-made cannula; the portal vein and inferior vena cava were washed with self-made perfusate respectively. Operation of the receptor was performed by two persons with the naked eye, with improved dual-cuff technique of Kamada and stay pipe of biliary tract, the fixed points of left and right were connected by anastomosis of "8" type with turning inside out while inosculating inferior vena cava. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The average modified operation time of the donor and the donor liver preparation time was (32±2) minutes and (6±2) minutes, respectively. The average operation time of the recipient and the anhepatic time was (40±3) minutes and (14±3) minutes, respectively. The general successful rate was 92%; three-day survival rate was 85% and two-week survival rate was 83%. The postoperative complications reduced significantly (P< 0.05), and cold conservation time of donor was shortened (P < 0.05). The modified model of reduced-size liver transplantation was more safe and reliable, with high success rate of liver transplantation and survival rate of recipient. Moreover, the postoperative complications of receptor decreased significantly. It provide an effective method of investigating liver graft regeneration following reduced-size liver transplantation.