Establishment of a Novel Simplified Surgical Model of Acute Liver Failure in the Cynomolgus Monkey

Figure 1

Simple surgical procedures for portal-right renal venous shunt combined with common bile duct ligation and transection. (a) Identification of the porta hepatis and dissection, ligation, and transection of common bile duct. (b) Identification of the right renal hilum and ligation of right renal artery. (c) PVC-gel catheter (about 11 cm × 0.5 cm) from a disposable sterile blood transfusion set. (d) Completion of right renal vein and portal vein intubation. RRV, right renal vein; RRA, right renal artery; RU, right ureter; SBV, small branch vein; IVC, inferior vena cava; CBD, common bile duct; PV, portal vein; L, Liver; RK, right kidney; GB, gall bladder; PVC-GC, PVC-gel catheter.

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