Attempts at autologous transplantation of sliced liver to the subcutaneous tissue.

Sliced rat liver was autologously transplanted to subcutaneous tissue. Morphology of the hepatocytes in transplants was investigated for up to 1 year after auto-transplantation; the effect of partial hepatectomy on the autografts was studied. Autografts with approximately one-tenth of the original weight were found alive in subcutaneous tissue for as much as 1 year after transplantation. Partial hepatectomy did not lead to greater weight.