The orthotopic left lung transplantation in rats: a valuable experimental model without using cuff technique.
Transpl Int
; 21(11): 1090-7, 2008 Nov.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18764833
ABSTRACT
Advances in the field of clinical lung transplantation must rely on observations made in animal models. In this study, we introduced a new procedure in the rat, orthotopic left lung transplantation without using the cuff technique, in which the donor pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, and membranous parts of the bronchus were anastomosed continuously in the lumen using a mattress suture under a surgical microscope; meanwhile, a second, low-pressure perfusion through the pulmonary artery and turnover of the vascular stump were made, which also made the vessel anastomosis easy. Transplantations were completed in 68 rats (89.5%), the mean time used for suturing the left lung hilar structure was 23.5 +/- 4.6 min. All lung grafts had good life-sustaining function because of there being no cuff-induced granulation tissue in bronchial anastomotic stoma, and three out of 12 allografts were observed with active bronchiolitis obliterans lesions at 8 weeks after transplantation. This model is a simple, valuable experimental model for studying lung transplantation and new therapies for preventing acute or chronic rejection.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transplante de Pulmão
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Transpl Int
Assunto da revista:
TRANSPLANTE
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China