[Experimental orthotopic partial liver transplantation in rats].

This report describes in detail a method and it's results for orthotopic partial liver transplantation in the rat. Cuff techniques were applied to two anastomoses at the infrahepatic inferior vena cava and the portal vein. Only 32% of the donor liver was used as a graft, which was provided with portal inflow only. Under these conditions the grafts hypertrophied, and about 65.9% of the last 47 grafts survived longer than one week. In conclusion, this study has proved that it is possible to obtain long term surviving orthotopic partial liver transplantation in the rat.