Citation

Lin HH, Hulsey RE. J. Orthop. Trauma 1993; 7(4): 384-387.

Affiliation

Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8377052

Abstract

The surgical treatment of a patient who sustained a grade IIIC open femur fracture as a result of a hippopotamus bite is described. We review the available literature on large wild animal attacks to humans. A standard protocol for management of open fractures was followed in this patient, and eventually led to a good result.

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