Abstract
<jats:p>This study was conducted in the research laboratory of the Department of Veterinary Medicine of the Agrarian and Technological Institute of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba from 2023 to 2026. The aim of the experimental study was to investigate surgical approaches to the stomach and its parts in domestic cats of various breeds aged 2 to 5 years. A combination of macro- and micromorphological methods (macro- and micro-preparation, morphometry, merometry, stereometry, and light microscopy) was used, followed by biostatistical analysis of the examined structures. The results of the studies revealed that the most optimal approach to the cardiac part of the stomach is square 2b, to the body of the stomach is square 2g, and to the pyloric part is square 1b. As for the fundus of the stomach, the most optimal approach to it is square 3a. The most optimal surgical approach to the stomach of cats is paramedian laparotomy along a segmental line running along the edge of the left costal arch. In this case, the skin is dissected along the fibers of the external oblique muscle of the abdomen, the muscles are separated by blunt dissection, then the yellow abdominal fascia is incised, then penetrated to the transverse fascia of the abdomen and the parietal sheet of the peritoneum, perforating them to approach the stomach. The obtained results must be taken into account not only during laparoscopy, but also during surgical access, since they are reference points in the surgical treatment of small domestic animals.</jats:p>