Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Perineal repair of a full-thickness rectal prolapse in a wild Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii).
- Journal:
- Journal of medical primatology
- Year:
- 2019
- Authors:
- Saraswati, Yenny et al.
- Affiliation:
- Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme
Abstract
A Delorme's procedure perineal surgical repair was performed in a wild adult male Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) with a chronic persistent rectal prolapse that had been unsuccessfully treated by 6 previous surgeries. The rectal prolapse did not recur, and the orangutan was successfully released to the wild, 6 weeks later.
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