Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation 1996;0(02):-

Establishment of porcine combined liver/small bowel transplantation model

Zhenyu YIN ; Ning LI ; Jieshou LI

Keywords

Swine; Liver; Intestine, small; Transplanta tion

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

ObjectiveTo set up the porcine combined liver/small bowel orthotopic allotransplantation model.MethodThe donors including liver, about 2 to 3?m proximal jejunum, duodenum and a sma ll part of pancreas head were transplanted to the hybridized long-white recipie nt pigs after the resection of their livers and the majority of small bowels.ResultWithout using immunosuppressive drugs, the median survival time of the animals w as 92?h with the longest survival time being 196?h, and there was about 75?% of the animals lived for more than 24?h after operation.ConclusionThe successful establishment of the combined liver/small bowel transplantation m odel will do great favor to our future clinical practice and further study of th e combined liver/small bowel transplantation.