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

Romain PizziAndrea Isabel PizarroJulieta MotaCatalina De MartiniYolanda Martinez PereiraBala Amarasekaran

Published in: Journal of medical primatology (2020)

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.

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