Comprehensive and innovative techniques for liver transplantation in rats: A surgical guide

Figure 5 Supra-hepatic inferior vena cava (SHIVC) reconstruction. A: Note that an out-flow block can make the model unusable, and points of stay sutures without the axis torsion should be checked again before allograft implantation; B: The stay suture is placed bilaterally after careful consideration of the setup. The posterior wall straightens and the anterior wall is set as an arch; C: Finding after suture of the posterior wall is shown. HIVC is confirmed to enter into the right lobe. Too tight a ligation causes stenosis of the HIVC and disturbance of the flow. Ligations with stay sutures on both sides should be completed, although not too tightly; D: Completed SHIVC reconstruction is shown.