Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Valastro, Carmela
• Di Comite, Mariasevera
• Paci, Serena
• Franchini, Delia
• Ciccarelli, Stefano
• Di Bello, Antonio

Titel

Bone Healing Process of a Multiple Humeral Fracture in a Caretta caretta : Clinical, Surgical, Radiographic and Histomorphometric Assessments

Ist Teil von

• Animals (Basel), 2023-01, Vol.13 (3), p.376

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: MDPI AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study describes the surgical treatment of multiple humeral fractures in a sea turtle referred by the 'Centro Faunistico del Parco Regionale Bosco e Paludi di Rauccio', in the area surrounding the city of Lecce, in southern Italy. Radiographs showed an evident detachment of the distal humeral epiphysis, compatible with a type II Salter-Harris fracture, as well as a transverse fracture of the diaphysis. After the surgical fracture reduction, radiographic follow-up was performed at 2, 4, 12, 16, and 24 months, showing a progressive healing and the formation of poorly mineralized callus tissue. Unfortunately, three months after his release at sea, the turtle was caught dead at a depth of 40 m. Histological and histomorphometric examinations of the surgically treated humerus were carried out on the corpse to collect further information about the bone tissue repair mechanisms in these animals.