EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PARTIAL AUXILIARY TRANSPLANTATION OF LIVER IN DOGS

Abstract

The successful tTansfeT of tissue and organs from one individual to another had hecome the gTeat ai. hievements of modern medic.:ine and surgeTy. Hc"lwever, we must he :realistic, inspite of the suc­ c:esses of transplantation have been impressive, Yet it is still incomplete. In the aspect of liver t:ransplantation. The diffi- culties to o.btain the liver fr•om cadaver•s, the length of the procedures and the suital:Jility of the gTaft size persauded many centers to think in partial living•-related donors and in auxiliary tr•ansplantation. These experimental studies were done in the slu•g•ical c:lepartment-faculty of medicine and surg•ical department of verterinary medicine - A:::si ut University in the 1-)eri od of Dec. 1989 Jan. 1993. This work was perfonned to study the effects of partial hepatectomy and evaluate the technique of Auxil­ iary partial liver tTans1-)lantation. The work incllided 50 healthy mong-rel dogs, weig•hing l)etween 10-25 Kg•s (mean 17.5 Kg•s).