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Karmele Llano Sanchez1, Ayu B Handayani1, Christine L Nelson1
1Yayasan International Animal Rescue Indonesia, Ketapang, Indonesia.
Journal of Medical Primatology
|August 13, 2016
Abstract:
A laparoscopic appendectomy was performed in a wild orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) undergoing rehabilitation, for a metal nail found on radiographs, using 3-mm instrumentation. Post-operative healing was rapid and uneventful, with return to the forest within 10 days. This is the first report of minimally invasive surgery in a wild orangutan.
