Surgical Services

While PATh’s chief purpose is to provide a comprehensive pre-clinical platform to reliably develop cancer models and test novel therapeutics, we understand that there may not always be a need for all the services that are offered. Therefore, we also offer our PDX services in an a la carte fashion. Second, the PATh facility has over twenty years of small animal surgical experience with a wide variety of expertise. Listed below are some of the core competencies that PATh can perform along with a willingness to try novel procedures that may be necessary to complete experiments. Budgets for surgical procedures can be created after a consultation to discuss investigator needs.

Telemeter Implantation

  • Carotid placement
  • Femoral placement
  • Abdominal aorta placement
  • Intraperitoneal placement

Brain Surgeries

  • Injection of virus (Ad, AAV, Lenti) to specific regions
  • Placement of cannula

General Procedures & Surgeries

  • Osmotic pump implantation (subQ or IP)
  • Ovariectomy
  • Vasectomy
  • Myocardial infarction
  • Intravenous infusion
  • Tail vein, subcutaneous, Intraperitoneal, Intramuscular injections
  • Simple metabolic cages (water intake, urine collection, food consumption)