Catalogue of Methods

On this page, you will find a list of microsurgical methods. These skills are classified by topics:

Professional surgeons of the surgery services of the CHUV bring their skills for your research projects.

Isolation of pancreatic islets of Langerhans (rat, mice)
Model of chronic renal failure (rat, mice)
Nephrectomy
Splenectomy

Telemetric measurement of locomotor activity, temperature, EEG and EMG.
Measurement of cardiac function by telemetry (mice).
Measurement of arterial pressure by telemetry (rat, mice).

Implantation of tumor (subcutaneous).
Implantation de tumor in mammary fat pad (orthotopic).
Irradiation X ray of mammary fat pad (with surgical exposure of mammary gland).
Injection of neuroblastoma cells in adrenal gland (nude mice).

intra-hypothalamic injections.
brain lesion by electro coagulation.
Model of intracerebral hemorrhage in mice by injection of bacterial collagenase in striatum.
Occlusion of the middle cerebral artery in mice (MCAo, suture model).
Cannula placement and intracerebroventricular injections.
Microsurgery of peripheral nerves.

Model of arterial hypertension (rat,mice).
Model of renovascular hypertension 1K1C et 2K1C.
Model of arterial hypertension (DOCA-salt).
Model of myocardial infarction (rat, mice).
Model of cardiac hypertrophy by aortic constriction (rat, mice).
Jugular venous catheter.
Intracardiac catheter.
 

Implantation of cannula for perfusion or micro-injection.
subcutaneous implantation of matrigel pellets for angiogenesis assay.
Implantation of implants under the renal capsule.
subcutaneous of organ pieces.
Osmotic pumps surgical implantation.