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

Figure 5 Portal hyperperfusion. A: Transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining after hepatectomy 48 h post hepatectomy (PH). A large number of TUNEL-positive cells (arrows, identified morphologically by dark brown staining nuclei) are present in the liver remnant; 400 × magnification; B: Microphotometric evaluation of apoptotic index (AI) in TUNEL-stained tissue 48 h PH. Values are expressed as means ± SD; n = 6 in both groups. The differences between the groups are statistically significant. ^aP < 0.05, diversion group vs control group.