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DKFZ Hector Cancer Institute at the University Medical Center Mannheim

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Medicine

Controlled Reversible Visceral Arterial Ischemia, Venous Congestion and Combined Malperfusion via Midline Laparotomy in Rats

Alexander Studier-Fischer^1,2,3,4, Berkin Özdemir^1,3,4, Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski^2,3,4, Caelan Max Haney^2,3,4,5, Luisa Egen^2,3,4, Maurice Stephan Michel^2,3,4, Markus Mieth¹, Zoltan Czigany¹, Gabriel Alexander Salg¹, Henrik Nienhüser¹, Franck Billmann¹

¹Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, ²Department of Urology and Urosurgery, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg, ³Division of Intelligent Systems and Robotics in Urology (ISRU), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, ⁴DKFZ Hector Cancer Institute at the University Medical Center Mannheim, ⁵Department of Urology, University Hospital Leipzig

This article introduces a standardized procedure for controlled, reversible malperfusion of visceral organs in rat models. The aim is to induce these malperfusion states with a high degree of methodological certainty and control while maintaining technical simplicity and error resilience.