Microsurgical technique for femoral vascular access in the rat

Abstract

Vascular access is used experimentally for a variety of reasons. In our lab, we achieve arterial access to record arterial pressure and venous access to administer fluids and drugs. We present a microsurgical atlas of our technique for femoral arterial and venous access in the rat.

Keywords

• Catheterization
• Vascular access
• Femoral
• Rat
• Operative