Establishment of a rat liver transplantation model with prolonged biliary warm ischemia time

Figure 1 Surgical procedure for a rat model of autologous liver transplantation with continuous external biliary drainage. A: Lactated Ringer’s solution was perfused by an infusion pump through the portal vein and the abdominal aorta; B: A polyethylene catheter was inserted into the common bile duct for external biliary drainage; C: The free ends of external biliary drainage tube and jejunal fistula tube were connected.