Should temporary extracorporeal continuous portal diversion replace meso/porta-caval shunts in “small-for-size” syndrome in porcine hepatectomy?

Figure 4 Serial changes in the levels of lipopolysaccharide and bacterial DNA detected in serum in the two groups (A, B). The serum lipopolysaccharide level in the control group was not significantly different at 2 h post hepatectomy (PH) (P > 0.05), but was significantly higher than that in the diversion group at 24 h and 48 h PH. At all time points, bacterial DNA levels in the control group were significantly elevated compared with the diversion group. ^aP < 0.05, diversion group vs control group.