Management of craniotomy in young rabbits.
A safe and easy-to-manage technique for various craniotomy procedures in young rabbits has been developed. This technique, which minimizes the need for special instrumentation, has been tested in 90 animals with a minimal mortality and morbidity: one death perioperatively caused by sagittal sinus bleeding and one rabbit disclosing a brief period of postoperative illness, respectively. The technique, including postsurgical strategy, is described in detail.
Alberius
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P
Department of Plastic Surgery, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
Klinge
B
B
Isaksson
S
S
D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009458:Neuroleptanalgesia / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D011817:Rabbits / Q000601:surgery*