Endotracheal Intubation via Tracheotomy and Subsequent Thoracotomy in Rats for Non-Survival ApplicationsAlexander Studier-Fischer 1,2,3,4, Berkin Özdemir 1,3,4, Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski 2,3,4, Caelan Max Haney 2,3,4,5, Maurice Stephan Michel 2,3,4, Gabriel Alexander Salg 1, Franck Billmann 1
1Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, 2Department of Urology and Urosurgery, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg, 3Intelligent Systems and Robotics in Urology (ISRU), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, 4DKFZ Hector Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Mannheim, 5Department of Urology, University Hospital Leipzig
Here we introduce a standardized procedure for endotracheal intubation via tracheotomy followed by thoracotomy in rats, aimed at enhancing the precision and reproducibility of non-survival applications requiring invasive ventilation and exposure of thoracic organs in in vivo rat models.
