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A Surgical Procedure for Resecting the Mouse Rib: A Model for Large-Scale Long Bone Repair
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2015
The overall goal of this procedure is to successfully resect a portion of bone from the rib of a mouse. The procedure was developed as a model to study large-scale long bone repair.
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The Thoracic Cage: Ribs
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2025
Ribs are curved, flattened bones forming the thoracic cavity wall with the thoracic muscles. There are 12 pairs of thoracic ribs. The posterior ends of all the ribs articulate with the T1–T12 thoracic vertebrae. In contrast,the anterior ends of most ribs attach to the sternum via their costal cartilages. Parts of a Typical Rib A typical rib has a head, neck, and body. The posterior end of the rib is called the head, followed by a narrow neck. The head articulates primarily with the costal facet...
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Transaxillary First Rib Resection for Treatment of the Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
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2020
Here, we present a protocol of the transaxillary resection of the first rib for treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome caused by compression of the brachial plexus, subclavian vein and artery.
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Dissection of the Transversus Abdominis Muscle for Whole-mount Neuromuscular Junction Analysis
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2014
In this video we demonstrate a protocol for dissection of the transversus abdominis muscle of the mouse and use immunofluorescence and microscopy to visualize neuromuscular junctions.
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Murine Prostate Micro-dissection and Surgical Castration
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2016
This manuscript describes the protocols for prostate micro-dissection and surgical castration in the laboratory mouse. We also depict representative results produced by these protocols. Finally, we discuss the advantages and utilization of these protocols.
FAQs
Careful separation protects adjacent organs, vessels, and nerves while exposing the thoracic structures of interest. Preserving these relationships helps maintain an anatomically interpretable specimen and reduces damage that could interfere with examining tumor extension or nearby tissues. This attention to tissue preservation is particularly relevant when samples will undergo histology, imaging, or molecular analysis.
By exposing the rib and nearby thoracic tissues, the procedure can provide specimens for examining tumor invasion into bone and cancer-related changes in bone marrow. Researchers can then evaluate these anatomical regions through histology, imaging, or molecular analysis. This links structural findings with disease-related changes occurring within or adjacent to the rib.
Specimen usefulness depends on identifying the rib margins accurately, removing overlying muscle and connective tissue in a controlled manner, and avoiding injury to nearby organs, vessels, and nerves. These steps preserve the relationships among bone, surrounding tissue, and suspected tumor involvement. The resulting anatomical integrity supports clearer assessment of disease progression and treatment response.
The process generally begins by removing overlying muscle and connective tissue to reveal the rib margins. The rib is then carefully cut or lifted to expose structures within the thoracic region, while adjacent organs, vessels, and nerves are preserved. After exposure, defined anatomical specimens can be collected for histology, imaging, molecular analysis, or related evaluation.
Researchers may use rib dissection when they need direct anatomical access to a thoracic tumor, the surrounding tissues, or the bone itself. The approach supports examination of how a tumor relates to nearby structures and whether invasion extends into bone. It therefore contributes anatomical specimens for studying tumor distribution and disease progression.
Rib dissection can provide well-defined specimens from the tumor region, rib, bone marrow, and nearby tissues after treatment. These materials may be examined by histology, imaging, or molecular analysis to identify cancer-related changes. Comparing the resulting findings with disease features can support evaluation of progression or treatment response within the thoracic region.