Pneumocoelom and secondary lung collapse treatment in a stranded loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Israel

Abstract

This study describes a case of lung collapse and its successful repair in a stranded loggerhead sea turtle, utilising coelomic gas aspiration via the prefemoral region. This animal presented unbuoyant swimming, was diagnosed via computed tomography scanning, treated successfully and returned to the sea following a 6-week rehabilitation period.