Repair of Horn and Frontal Bone Avulsion in a Forest Buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) with a Polymethylmethacrylate Dressing
| Autor: | Meg Sutherland-Smith, Beth Bicknese, Patrick J. Morris |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Forest buffalo Buffaloes medicine.medical_treatment Occlusive Dressings Avulsion Wound care Animals Polymethyl Methacrylate Medicine Syncerus caffer nanus Horns Wound Healing Debridement integumentary system General Veterinary biology business.industry Horn (anatomy) Bone Cements General Medicine Anatomy biology.organism_classification Surgery Skull Treatment Outcome Frontal bone medicine.anatomical_structure Frontal Bone Female Animal Science and Zoology business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 39:99-102 |
| ISSN: | 1937-2825 1042-7260 |
| Popis: | A 2-yr-old female forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus) presented with acute trauma to the right horn following a fight with a conspecific resulting in fracture and avulsion of the frontal bone, cornual process, horn, and juxtaposed skin. The animal was sedated for wound care and debridement followed by placement of an antibacterial-impregnated polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) dressing. The dressing was noted to be intact on examination at day 7 post-injury, but had become dislodged and had to be replaced at day 11 postinjury. The replacement dressing ultimately fell off 68 days post-injury, revealing a healed circular scar. The use of PMMA in this case provided optimal wound care. In the 6 yr since the injury, the animal has grown a nearly normal-appearing horn, suggesting that the noncornual skin and associated skull structures may retain the ability to differentiate into a near-normal appearing horn because the entire horn apparatus in this case was avulsed. |
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