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Orangutan Surgery

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:18 AM PST
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Sally is a 44-year-old Sumatran orangutan at the Denver Zoo. She developed
a benign fibroid tumor of the uterus that was interfering with her other
organs. Veterinarian Diana Boon arranged to collect orangutan blood from
around the country and enlisted volunteer surgeons to remove the growth.
The doctors tried to prepare but found a dearth of information on orangutan
anatomy.

But when Sally lost the ability to go to the bathroom, Boon understood she
had only days to live if the obstruction wasnt removed. So on a Friday
afternoon she fired off e-mails to the team, telling them the surgery had
to be done by Sunday. And they wouldnt have blood.

It had to be a bloodless surgery, Boon said. It was either this would work,
or this wouldnt work and it

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