Endotracheal Intubation via Tracheotomy and Subsequent Thoracotomy in Rats for Non-Survival Applications

Alexander Studier-Fischer; Berkin &#214;zdemir; Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski; Caelan Max Haney; Maurice Stephan Michel; Gabriel Alexander Salg; Franck Billmann

doi:10.3791/66684

Tracheotomy-Based Endotracheal Intubation Protocol for Non-Survival Rat Models

March 15, 2024

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Alexander Studier-Fischer^2,3,4, Berkin Özdemir^3,4, Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski^3,4, Caelan Max Haney^3,4,5, Maurice Stephan Michel^3,4, Gabriel Alexander Salg, Franck Billmann

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, ³Intelligent Systems and Robotics in Urology (ISRU),German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, ⁴DKFZ Hector Cancer Institute,University Medical Center Mannheim, ⁵Department of Urology,University Hospital Leipzig

Summary

Here we introduce a standardized procedure for endotracheal intubation via tracheotomy followed by thoracotomy in rats, aimed at enhancing the precision and reproducibility of non-survival applications requiring invasive ventilation and exposure of thoracic organs in in vivo rat models.

Tracheotomy-Based Endotracheal Intubation Protocol for Non-Survival Rat Models

Author Spotlight: Hyperspectral Imaging for Spectral Analysis of Thoracic Organs in Clinical and Animal Models

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