Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Biliary ischemia-reperfusion injury is one of the main reasons for the injury bile duct following liver transplantation, liver resection and hepatic artery thrombosis after chemotherapy. However, nothing has been decided yet concerning liver can tolerate long intrahepatic bile ducts ischemia under normal temperature.
OBJECTIVE: To use the rabbit biliary ischemia-reperfusion injury model, analyze the rabbit intrahepatic bile ducts ischemia security time.
METHODS: Rabbits were randomly divided into sham operation, hepatic artery and common bile duct joint blocking 1.5, 2, 2.5,  3 h groups. Sham operation group only free common bile duct, hepatic artery and portal vein. Hepatic artery and common bile duct joint blocking 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3 h groups, left and right hepatic duct openings superior margin was clamped using artery clamps, and hepatic artery, common bile duct and loose connective tissue were occluded. Following 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3 hours, artery clamps were removed to recover hepatic artery or biliary tract blood flow. After a week, animal survival was calculated and liver function was tested.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: None animals in the sham operation and hepatic artery and common bile duct joint blocking 1.5 hour groups died; survival rate was 87.5% following 2 hours of blocking. Animal survival rate was decreased gradually with prolonged blocking time of blood flow. These indicated that the maximum safety time of blocking biliary duct blood flow was 2 hours. Pathological and histological changes were mild within 2 hours of blocking, mainly presenting cell edema and inflammatory cell infiltration, and necrotic focus was punctiform or fragmentis, reversible. While ischemia above 2 hours, bile duct epithelial necrotic shape was significant. The obvious, hepatic necrosis was multifocal, flake, irreversible damage. Histological change also confirmed that 2 hours may be maximum security limitation of rabbit tolerance intrahepatic bile duct flow blocking under normal temperature.