Orthotopic liver transplantation in rats is an indispensable experimental model for biomedical research. Here we present our surgical procedures for orthotopic rat liver transplantation with hepatic arterial reconstruction using a 50% partial graft.
Nagai, K., Yagi, S., Uemoto, S., Tolba, R. H. Surgical Procedures for a Rat Model of Partial Orthotopic Liver Transplantation with Hepatic Arterial Reconstruction. J. Vis. Exp. (73), e4376, doi:10.3791/4376 (2013).