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[Thymectomy of adult mice and hamsters]. 1977

A Kostadinov

The author describes a method for thymectomy of adult mice and hamsters, in which he uses a new operative approach at the initial stage of the operation. The common longitudinal median skin section is replaced with semioval section of the skin which begins from the surface transversly to the median line over xiphoid process of the chest bone, passes parallely and lateralily to both sides of the chest bone in the direction to the neck and ends at the level of the clavicle. Semioval cut skin, returned to its place after comrlition of the thymectomy, forms a peculiar subcutaneous pocket in the cavity of which the mediastimum and the risk of pneumothorax, while the usage of skin sutures is replaced completely by the tissue glue.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008807	Mice, Inbred BALB C	An inbred strain of mouse that is widely used in IMMUNOLOGY studies and cancer research.	BALB C Mice, Inbred,BALB C Mouse, Inbred,Inbred BALB C Mice,Inbred BALB C Mouse,Mice, BALB C,Mouse, BALB C,Mouse, Inbred BALB C,BALB C Mice,BALB C Mouse
D008810	Mice, Inbred C57BL	One of the first INBRED MOUSE STRAINS to be sequenced. This strain is commonly used as genetic background for transgenic mouse models. Refractory to many tumors, this strain is also preferred model for studying role of genetic variations in development of diseases.	Mice, C57BL,Mouse, C57BL,Mouse, Inbred C57BL,C57BL Mice,C57BL Mice, Inbred,C57BL Mouse,C57BL Mouse, Inbred,Inbred C57BL Mice,Inbred C57BL Mouse
D006224	Cricetinae	A subfamily in the family MURIDAE, comprising the hamsters. Four of the more common genera are Cricetus, CRICETULUS; MESOCRICETUS; and PHODOPUS.	Cricetus,Hamsters,Hamster
D000758	Anesthesia	A state characterized by loss of feeling or sensation. This depression of nerve function is usually the result of pharmacologic action and is induced to allow performance of surgery or other painful procedures.
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013934	Thymectomy	Surgical removal of the thymus gland. (Dorland, 28th ed)	Thymectomies
D014014	Tissue Adhesives	Substances used to cause adherence of tissue to tissue or tissue to non-tissue surfaces, as for prostheses.	Adhesive, Tissue,Adhesives, Tissue,Tissue Adhesive
D051379	Mice	The common name for the genus Mus.	Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus