Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: Jan 01, 2007
Surgical Management of Maxillary and Mandibular Fractures in an Eastern Bluetongue Skink, Tiliqua scincoides scincoides
Surgical Management of Maxillary and Mandibular Fractures in an Eastern Bluetongue Skink, Tiliqua scincoides scincoides
BVSc
Page Range: 136 – 140
A free-ranging, adult female eastern bluetongue skink, Tiliqua scincoides scincoids, was presented to the Australian Wildlife Health Centre with multiple skull fractures secondary to presumed road trauma. Fracture reduction and stabilization was accomplished using a combination of non-absorbable suture material and an intramedullary pin. Fracture healing was complete by three and a half months post surgery and the animal was subsequently released at the capture point.ABSTRACT
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