Bir Öksüz Kızıl Geyik Yavrusunda (Cervus elaphus) Distal Metakarpus Kırığı ve Bandajlı Tedavisi (Olgu Sunumu)

Abstract

Bu olgu sunumunda, Dünyanın en büyük geyik türlerinden olan, 1 haftalık yaşta bir dişi kızıl geyik yavrusu (Cervus elaphus) çalışma materyalini oluşturdu. Yapılan klinik muayenede ön sol ve sağ ayaklarda duruş bozukluğu, ağır derece topallık ve yavru geyikte malnütrisyon belirlendi. Olgunun radyografik muayenesinde sol metakarpal kemikte distal diafizer transversal kırık, sağ ön ekstremitede ise lateral 1. ve medial 2. phalanx distalinde kırık tespit edildi. Kırık tiplerinin komplike kırık olmaması ve yavru geyikteki malnütrisyon sebebiyle genel anestezi tercih edilmedi ve hafif sedasyonla alçılı bandaja alınan ekstremitelerin tedavisi takip altında tutuldu. 21 günlük alçı uygulamasında ilk haftadan sonra ayağa dair açık yara oluşumu fark edilip alçıya pencere açılarak yara tedavisi gerçekleştirildi. Türkiye’de populasyonu azaldığından koruma altına alınan kızıl geyik olgusunda, meslektaşlarımız ve diğer okuyucuları bilgilendirmek ve duyarlılık oluşturmak hedeflendi.

Keywords

• Bandaj
• Kızıl geyik (Cervus elaphus)
• Metakarpal kırık
• Non-invaziv/girişimsiz tedavi

Distal Metacarpus Fracture and Bandage Treatment in an Orphan Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) (Case Report)

Abstract

In this case report, a 1-week-old female red fawn (Cervus elaphus), one of the largest deer species in the world, constituted the study material. In the clinical examination, posture disorder, severe lameness and malnutrition in young deer were determined in the anterior left and right feet. Radiographic examination of the case revealed a distal diaphyseal transversal fracture in the left metacarpal bone, and a fracture in the lateral 1st and medial 2nd phalanx distal in the right anterior extremity. General anesthesia was not preferred due to the lack of complicated fracture types and malnutrition in the young deer, and the treatment of the extremities, which were placed in a plaster bandage with mild sedation, was kept under follow-up. After the first week of 21-day plaster application, open wound formation on the foot was noticed and wound treatment was performed by opening a window on the plaster. It was aimed to inform our colleagues and other readers about the red deer phenomenon, which has been taken under protection because its population has decreased in Turkey, and to raise awareness.

Keywords

• Cast
• Metacarpal fracture
• Non-invasive/non-interventional treatment
• Red deer (Cervus elaphus)

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