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Applying the “3 Rs”: Training Course in Surgical Techniques

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As the use of surgical procedures in rodents becomes increasingly common in biomedical research, institutions face the challenge of ensuring that personnel are properly trained to perform these procedures. The author describes a microsurgery training course in use at Columbia University.

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Figure 3: The PVC Rat is a plastic model of a rat in a supine position with exposed major abdominal vessels and organs.

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  1. Program Coordinator/Instructor, Microsurgery Research and Training Laboratory, Columbia University, 622 West 168th Street, PH11-1158, New York, 10032, NY

    Yelena Akelina DVM, MS

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Akelina, Y. Applying the “3 Rs”: Training Course in Surgical Techniques. Lab Anim 32, 41–44 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban0103-41

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