Abstract:
Objective To investigate modified technique of renal transplantation model in rats.
Methods Sprague-Dawley rats were selected as donors (n=21) and Wistar rats as recipients (n=42). Renal allografts of both sides were harvested from the donors for renal transplantation. After resection of left kidney, end-to-end anastomosis of renal arteries between donor and recipient was performed by the assistance of home-made catheter. And end-to-end anastomosis between recipient's renal vein and donor's inferior vena cava was also performed. The donor's ureter with bladder patch was anastomosed to the recipient's bladder. Finally the right kidney was removed, cefminox(10 mg) was injected intraperitoneally, and then the abdominal cavity was closed. The operation data were recorded, including the operation time, artery and vein anastomosis time, cold and warm ischemia time and so on. Living for 3 days after operation was regarded as a success model. The success rate of modeling was calculated and the cause of death was analyzed.
Results The operation time of donor was (32.7±5.6) min, and repair time for kidney was (4.2±1.1) min. The operation time of recipient was (42.3±42.3) min, including (10.1±3.2) min of the artery anastomosis time, (13.9±2.5) min of vein anastomosis time, (6.3±1.4) min of urinary tract reconstruction time. Warm ischemia time was (5.4±1.8) s, and cold ischemia time was (56.2±7.3) min. In 42 recipient rats, 40 rats were successful modeling and the success rate was 95.2%. Two rats died. One died of artery anastomosis hemorrhage, and the other died of diffuse peritonitis caused by urine leakage.
Conclusions Renal transplantation model in rats with modified vascular end-to-end anastomosis has the characters of simple handling, short operation time and high success rate.