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Craniocerebral gunshot wound in a baby chimpanzee – an uncommon experience of neurosurgical treatment conducted in the Guinean forest
Author(s) -
Champeaux C.,
Raballand E.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/jmp.12156
Subject(s) - gunshot wound , medicine , surgery
Abstract An orphan female chimpanzee was wounded by a left craniocerebral gunshot complicated with a right hemiparesis. Local treatment and long‐term antibiotherapy failed to lead to healing. A neurosurgical procedure was planned and achieved. She fully recovered, and 2 years after the procedure, there is no evidence of infection.