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Humeral fracture repair in an African green monkey ( Chlorocebus sabaeus )
Author(s) -
Cavanaugh Ryan Patrick,
Karnik Priti,
Corey Tatiana
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
veterinary record case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2052-6121
DOI - 10.1136/vetreccr-2020-001212
Subject(s) - medicine , internal fixation , bone healing , surgery , convalescence , humerus , humeral fracture
An approximately 16‐year‐old, 6.5‐kg entire male African green monkey ( Chlorocebus sabaeus ) was evaluated for acute‐onset soft‐tissue swelling and disuse of the left forelimb. Orthogonal radiographs of the humerus revealed a closed, complete, short oblique fracture of the distal one‐third humeral diaphysis. Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) was performed using a plate‐rod construct. Convalescence and proactive rehabilitation allowed for uneventful healing, with radiographic documentation of a bony union at the fracture site nine weeks postoperatively. Open fracture management in non‐human primates is uncommonly performed, and this case revealed some of the considerations and methods critical to ORIF of humeral fractures in captive monkeys.