DİLEK OLĞUN ERDİKMEN, Serhat ÖZSOY, DİDAR AYDIN KAYA, Haris HAŞİMBEGOVİÇ, Kaan DÖNMEZ

Partially forelimb amputation and application of an artificial limb (prosthetics) in a free-ranging red deer (cervus elaphus)

İstanbul Üniversitsi Veteriner Fakültesi Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı’na sağ metakarpus III’ün proksimalinde açık kırık şikayetiyle getirilen, yaşı bilinmeyen erkek bir kızıl geyiğin (Cervus elaphus) sağaltımında bacağın amputasyonunu takiben 2 ay sonra protez bacak uygulanması ve klinik sonuçları değerlendirilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Cervus elaphus, amputasyon, hayvan patolojisi, kemik kırıkları, olgu sunumları, klinik görünüm, kol ve bacaklar, protezler, cerrahi, cerrahi işlemler

Yabani bir kızıl geyikte (cervus elaphus) parsiyel ön bacak amputasyonu ve protez bacak uygulaması

A male red deer (Cervus elaphus) of unknown age was admitted to Istanbul University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Surgery with an open fracture at the level of the right proximal third metacarpal bone. The leg was amputated and two months later he received an prosthetic leg and the clinical outcome was discussed.

Keywords:

Cervus elaphus, amputation, animal pathology, bone fractures, case reports, clinical aspects, limbs, prostheses, surgery, surgical operations,

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