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How to Prepare an Animal Model

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The standard method for teaching airways surgery is human cadaver head and neck dissections, but supplying human body cadavers is very difficult. Sheep neck has great similarities with humans in size of the organs so it represents a cheap and practical model which can be used to learn airways surgery.

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  1. Head and Neck Department, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy

    M. Bettini, M. Menichetti, M. P. Alberici, E. Aggazzotti Cavazza, A. Ghidini, F. Mattioli & L. Presutti

  2. Veterinary Assistant of University of Modena, Modena, Italy

    A. Camurri

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  1. University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy

    Angelo Ghidini

  2. Head and Neck Department, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy

    Francesco Mattioli

  3. Ped. ENT Dept., Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy

    Sergio Bottero

  4. ENT Department, University of Modena ENT Department, Modena, Italy

    Livio Presutti

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Bettini, M. et al. (2017). How to Prepare an Animal Model. In: Ghidini, A., Mattioli, F., Bottero, S., Presutti, L. (eds) Atlas of Airway Surgery . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49739-6_2

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