Preface

This e-book has been prepared to provide researchers, whether surgeons or not, with a brief overview of the current liver microsurgical techniques in laboratory rats and mice.

Special emphasis is placed on the more useful microsurgical techniques used for obtaining experimental models to study liver pathophysiology, diagnostics and treatments. New procedures have also been added that reflect our current practices. Thus, we wish to express our gratitude to our colleagues who have used and perfected the microsurgical techniques that this e-book describes.

We would like to thank many people whose talents and time made this e-book possible. We acknowledge Maria Elena Vicente for preparing the manuscript, Elizabeth Mascola for translating it into English, and the librarians of the Complutense University Medical School, particularly the Director, Juan Carlos Domínguez Martínez, Subdirector Manuela Crego and María José Valdemoro. This book was supported, in part, by grants from Complutense University of Madrid (AE1/09/17064) and Mutua Madrileña Research Foundation (Ref. nº AP69772009).