A heart rate radio-transmitter was surgically implanted in the abdomen of a captive adult male polar bear (Thalarctos maritimus), but within five weeks a purulent discharge was observed at the incision site. The transmitter was surgically removed along with many fragments of the fractured encapsulation material. The skin incision healed, but a large hernia remained. Repeated localized trauma to the hernia sac necessitated surgical repair.
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1 January 1979
TREATMENT OF AN ACQUIRED ABDOMINAL HERNIA IN A POLAR BEAR (Thalarctos maritimus)
L. M. PHILO,
D. L. WOLFE,
S. M. FASSIG