A technique for complete thymectomy in adult rats

Eiji Kobayashi*, Naoshi Kamada, Shin Enosawa, Nobuyuki Toyama, Luc Delriviere, Shigeru Goto, Roger Lord, Steve Stamatiou, Michio Miyata

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Abstract

50 open thymectomies were performed in adult rodents using intubation combined with a fibrin glue able to prevent hemorrhage and pulmonary air leakage. This method had a 100% success rate and lower mortality than the ordinal suction procedure. Although the conventional suction thymectomy has been widely used, the open thymectomy method would permit more complete thymectomies for immunological studies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)33-36
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Immunological Methods
Volume171
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 02 05 1994
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fibrin glue
  • Suction method
  • Thymectomy
  • Tracheal intubation

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