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Does level of ligation influence results in a murine biliary obstruction model?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7661299     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Despite advances in perioperative management, patients with extrahepatic biliary obstruction still experience a high rate of complications and death after surgery. The rat is commonly used as an experimental animal for research in obstructive jaundice. Ligation of the rat bile duct high in the liver hilum is assumed to produce a more severe model of biliary obstruction than low ligation. The differences are attributed to the ability of the rat bile duct to dilate. Differences in level of ligation may, thus, explain some discrepancies between studies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To test this hypothesis, female Lewis rats underwent high ligation (HL), low ligation (LL), and sham celiotomy. Colloidal carbon clearance, bilirubin, total serum bile acids, and hematocrit were measured 12 days later. Liver and spleen weight, presence or absence of ascites, infection, and adequacy of ligation were noted and the liver was processed for routine histology and electron microscopy. RESULTS: Although bilirubin levels were higher after HL than after LL, liver and spleen weight, total serum bile salts, and phagocytic constants K and alpha were not different between these two groups. Gross, histologic, and ultrastructural appearance did not differ between HL and LL groups. CONCLUSION: High ligation causes greater hyperbilirubinemia than low ligation, but does not alter other parameters including phagocytic constants. The present study does not confirm the hypothesis that HL creates a more severe model than LL; therefore, it is unlikely that differences in level of ligation explain variability in results between studies.
Authors:
S Guidry; J B Grogan; C Subramony; J D Bass; V G Lockard; C E Scott-Conner
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of surgery     Volume:  170     ISSN:  0002-9610     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Surg.     Publication Date:  1995 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-09-29     Completed Date:  1995-09-29     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370473     Medline TA:  Am J Surg     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  289-91     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Jackson, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Bile Acids and Salts / blood
Bile Ducts / physiology,  surgery*
Bilirubin / blood
Cholestasis / etiology*
Disease Models, Animal
Female
Ligation / methods
Liver / anatomy & histology
Organ Size
Phagocytosis
Rats
Rats, Inbred Lew
Spleen / anatomy & histology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Bile Acids and Salts; 635-65-4/Bilirubin
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Am J Surg. 1995 Dec;170(6):701   [PMID:  7492030 ]

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