Soft Tissue Surgical Procedures
Charles River offers soft tissue surgical procedures in rat, mouse, and guinea pig models at our AAALAC-accredited production facilities in North America. These procedures are conducted by our team of highly skilled animal surgeons, and may be combined with other surgical procedures, such as a vascular catheterization.
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Available Procedures*
- Adrenalectomy
- Adrenal Demedulation
- Bile Duct Ligation
- Castration/Gonadectomy (male)
- Hypophysectomy (pharyngeal), std weight
- Hypophysectomy (pharyngeal), <75 g or >200 g
- Hysterectomy
- Nephrectomy – Unilateral
- 3/4 Nephrectomy
- 5/6 Nephrectomy – Multiple Survival
- Osteoarthritis Model (MIA)
- Ovariectomy/Gonadectomy (female)
- Parathyroidectomy
- Pinealectomy
- Splenectomy
- Splenic Denervation
- Thymectomy
- Thyroidectomy with Parathyroid Re-implantation
- Thyroidectomy-Parathyroidectomy
- Tubal Ligation – Bilateral
- Tubal Ligation – Unilateral
- Ureter Ligation
- Vagotomy – Hepatic (standard procedure for mice)
- Vagotomy – Stomach
- Vagotomy – Sub-diaphragmatic (standard procedure for rats)
- Vasectomy
* A soft tissue procedure may be combined with a vascular catheter procedure.