Surgical repair of a chronic traumatic injury of the right carpal joint in a juvenile hawksbill sea turtle ( <i>Eretmochelys imbricata</i> )

Cruciani, Benoît; Barret, Matthieu; Schneider, Francis; Vergneau‐Grosset, Claire

doi:10.1002/vrc2.22

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Surgical repair of a chronic traumatic injury of the right carpal joint in a juvenile hawksbill sea turtle ( Eretmochelys imbricata )

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Authors:

Benoît Cruciani

Matthieu Barret

Francis Schneider

Abstract

Abstract A free‐ranging juvenile hawksbill sea turtle ( Eretmochelys imbricata ) presented to the rehabilitation centre with a chronic full thickness laceration of the right carpal joint, leaving the distal part of the flipper attached by only 2 cm of soft tissue. Open luxation of the carpal joint w...

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Medicine

Soft tissue

Carpal Joint

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