Chronic fistulation and cannulation of the rabbit caecum.
A PTFE cannula was introduced into the rabbit abdomen through the right flank. A purse string suture was used to fix a small plastic flange within the caecum. A larger flange was sutured under the skin to fix the cannula. Caecal contents could be collected from the chronic fistula via a threaded stainless steel cap on the cannula. Animals tolerated the fistulation well and sepsis was never seen.
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000662:veterinary*; D002432:Cecum / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits / Q000601:surgery*