How to identify and conduct pancreatectomy in mouse model?

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Constantinos Alifieris

What is your protocol. A complete spleno-pancreatectomy or a partial pancreatectomy does not suffice?

Try the following articles although your best choice would be to inquire about people that have succesfully performed it in the past. And again, make sure that a less morbid operation is not the best for your research.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13404969

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5474205

Wai Chin Chong

Thank you Constantinos. It is helpful.

Yicheng Ni

You may also refer to https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25876187

Good luck!

Thank you YiCheng