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Rodent surgery

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Recovery Surgery in Rodents

LASA Good Practice Guidelines

Separate space Gown Instrument sterility Operation table Animal preparation Surgical technique

Other items to note:

• Selection and availability of animals

• Assessment of ill-health

• Assistants

• Postoperative care

• Surgical competence

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Microsurgery

Learning how to suture tissues and knots with surgical microscope.

Practicing microsurgery technique on animals

Sample animations: http://asp.cumc.columbia.edu/microsurgery/courses_b

asic_rodent.asp?coursetype=4

CDs Surgical skills Training in Survival Rodent Surgery (

rodentcd@od.nih.gov )

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Training

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Principles of Aseptic Rodent Survival Surgery

www.ivis.org/advances/Reuter/brown1/chapter_frm.asp?LA=1

www.ivis.org/advances/Reuter/brown2/chapter_frm.asp?LA=1