title: Rat surgery board.
abstract: Our microsurgery laboratory needed a number of surgical rat boards, and considering the expense of the ones already on the market, we decided to make our own. A 14 in x 10 in board was cut from a large Plexiglas sheet. Suction cups with metal hooks were used to hold the rat in place. We found this board to be less expensive and also very versatile.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, LA 70112.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Boydell
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Rank
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Swartz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000191:economics; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000662:veterinary; D010969:Plastics; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics