• Department of General Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of TCM, Guangzhou 510120, China;
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【Abstract】Objective  To establish and assess the rat model of postoperative fatigue syndrome (POFS).
Methods  The rat model of POFS was developed by the partial resection of the liver. The behavioral changes prior and post to operation, the disorder of nutritive intake after operation, stress reaction (pathological changes of mucous membrane in small intestine) and the hepatic albumin gene expression were observed.
Results  Low body temperature, lower sensitivity and reactivity were found. The serum levels of the iron, total protein, albumin, globulin and so on as the indexes of nutrition obviously dropped. The injury of the mucous membrane resulted from the stress reaction after the resection of the liver. The gene expression of the albumin decreased in the model group.
Conclusion  The experimental rat model of POFS by partial resection of the liver can be used for the investigation of POFS.

Citation: YANG Jianxin,DENG Shigui,YANG Ming,QIU Xinfan,ZHANG Liutong.. Establishment and Assessment of Rat Model of Postoperative Fatigue Syndrome. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2004, 11(5): 424-427. doi: Copy