Laparoscopic appendectomy to remove a metallic foreign body in a wild Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) undergoing rehabilitation. Issue 6 (12th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Llano Sanchez, Karmele; Handayani, Ayu B.; Nelson, Christine L.; Eng, Jaclyn W.L.; Prameswari, Wendi; Hicks, Nigel; Pizzi, Romain
• Is Part Of: Journal of medical primatology. Volume 45:Issue 6(2016)
• Page Start: 327
• Page End: 329
• Publication Date: 2016-08-12
• Subjects: appendix -- caecum -- laparoscopy -- minimally invasive surgery -- primate -- surgery; Primates -- Periodicals; Primates -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Medicine, Experimental -- Periodicals; 616.02738
• DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12232
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0047-2565

Abstract

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.