Rapid oral endotracheal intubation with a fibre-optic scope in rabbits: a simple and reliable technique.
The orotracheal intubation of rabbits is complicated by their oropharyngeal anatomy. Numerous techniques to intubate rabbits have been described; however, these methods require specialized devices, tracheostomy, or are performed in a blind fashion. We describe a technique for the intubation of the rabbit under direct visualization with a standard, small-bore, fibre-optic laparoscope, which is both rapid and simple to perform.
Worthley
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SG
The Cardiovascular Biology Research Laboratory, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Roque
M
M
Helft
G
G
Soundararajan
K
K
Siddiqui
M
M
Reis
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ED
D000818:Animals; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D020706:Laparoscopes; D011817:Rabbits