Blood sample collection in lizards is an important technique. This column describes techniques for sample collection from the ventral coccygeal vein and the ventral abdominal vein. The ventral ...

This column describes a ventral abdominal approach for castration in the rat. Reasons for neutering rats are similar to those for neutering dogs or cats. Neutering prevents unwanted pregnancies ...

Upon initial introduction of the robotic surgery for hernias, length of stay and postoperative recovery times were greatly reduced due to much smaller incisions, and the inferior initial outcomes as a ...

Cutting edge technology may come with downsides. For an abdominal wall hernia repair, also known as a ventral hernia repair, the most common surgical approaches have been laparoscopic and open ...