Locking plate femur fracture repair in a juvenile Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in Sierra Leone

Romain Pizzi; Andrea Isabel Pizarro; Julieta Mota; Catalina De Martini; Yolanda Martinez Pereira; Bala Amarasekaran

doi:10.1111/jmp.12490

Locking plate femur fracture repair in a juvenile Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in Sierra Leone

Romain Pizzi, Andrea Isabel Pizarro, Julieta Mota, Catalina De Martini, Yolanda Martinez Pereira, Bala Amarasekaran

Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies

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This case reports the successful management of a traumatic diaphyseal femoral fracture in an infant Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) from a rescue centre in Sierra Leone using a 2.4-mm intramedullary pin and two 2.7-mm String of Pearls™ locking plates. Locking plate use has not been previously described in chimpanzees.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of medical primatology
Early online date	11 Aug 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jmp.12490
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 11 Aug 2020

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bone
orthopaedic
primate
surgery

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Locking plate femur fracture repair in a juvenile Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) in Sierra Leone

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