A simplified technique to make an end-to-side or a side-to-side portacaval shunt in rats is described. The method requires no expensive special microsurgical instruments, and when the technique is completely mastered, one can make a portacaval shunt within 10 minutes. This is very useful when making
A simple technique for placement of a portacaval shunt tube in rats
β Scribed by Kitamura, Hiroshi ;Miyagawa, Shinichi ;Miyabayashi, Hiroyasu ;Kawasaki, Seiji
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 911 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1166
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