Morbidity scoring after abdominal surgery. (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Graf, Rolf; Cinelli, Paolo; Arras, Margarete
• Other Names: Golledge H guest-editor.; Jirkof P guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Laboratory animals. Volume 50:Number 6(2016)
• Page Start: 453
• Page End: 458
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: laboratory animal welfare -- pain -- analgesia -- pain assessment -- animal model; Animal experimentation -- Periodicals; Animal models in research -- Periodicals; Laboratory animals -- Periodicals; Animal welfare -- Periodicals; 636.0885
• DOI: 10.1177/0023677216675188
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0023-6772

Abstract

Postoperative monitoring of pain and distress in small rodents is not standardized, and widely accepted score sheets are not available. Here we describe a score sheet used in abdominal surgery of rodents, with particular reference to procedures involving the liver.