T. Kraus et al., QUANTIFICATION OF HEPATIC MICROCIRCULATIO N DURING EXPERIMENTAL LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION - CHARACTERIZATION OF PRIMARY GRAFT NONFUNCTION, Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie, 1996, pp. 553-557
Hepatic microcirculation (MC) was measured with thermodiffusion (TD) d
uring the early phases after liver graft reperfusion in a porcine mode
l. TD proved to be effective for measurement of MC. Data were comparab
le to flow data obtained with other methods, previously published. Aft
er graft reperfusion a persisting disturbance of hepatic MC was observ
ed. Intra-hepatic shunt-flow was more pronounced in animals, which die
d within 2 hours after reperfusion. Quantification of hepatic MC in th
e early period after reperfusion could be of help for estimation of ea
rly graft function after OLT.