title: Novel use of the Elizabethan collar as a "hoop-skirt" for protecting wounds and catheters in nonhuman primates.
abstract: This article describes the novel use of an Elizabethan collar, which is attached to a primate jacket to create a tamper-proof "hoop-skirt" for protecting wounds and catheters. We successfully have used this hoop-skirt to manage juvenile male rhesus monkeys with Foley catheters for 10 days post-prostatectomy. In addition, our hoop-skirt has been used to manage wounds on the hindlimbs of both macaques and baboons.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, Biologic Resources Laboratory, Chicago 60612, USA.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Hewett
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fortman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D002404:Catheterization / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000502:physiology; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D010215:Papio / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000662:veterinary*; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology