title: The use of a biopsy punch in surgical preparation of drug self-administering animals.
abstract: This report describes a simple surgical method of exiting an implanted intravenous catheter through the skin via a nonsutured site. The preparation, which makes use of a biopsy punch, avoids placing the catheter exiting point through the incision used for subcutaneously fixing the catheter platform on the back of the animal.
authors: Boston University School of Medicine, Laboratory of Behavioral Pharmacology, MA 02118.
authors: F A
authors: FA
authors: Reynolds
authors: C L
authors: CL
authors: Duvauchelle
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Kornetsky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D017053:Infection Control / Q000295:instrumentation; D012646:Self Administration / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*