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Open femur fracture secondary to hippopotamus bite
1Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
The surgical treatment of a patient who sustained a grade IIIC open femur fracture as a result of a hippopotamus bite is described. We review the available literature on large wild animal attacks to humans. A standard protocol for management of open fractures was followed in this patient, and eventually led to a good result.