Perineal repair of a full-thickness rectal prolapse in a wild Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii).
Yenny SaraswatiPeter SedmanRebecca SedmanAndika Pandu WibisonoCitrakasih NenteMeuthya Sr SimatupangIan SingletonRomain PizziPublished in: Journal of medical primatology (2018)
A Delorme's procedure perineal surgical repair was performed in a wild adult male Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) with a chronic persistent rectal prolapse that had been unsuccessfully treated by 6 previous surgeries. The rectal prolapse did not recur, and the orangutan was successfully released to the wild, 6 weeks later.