Hernia Surgery Saves Beloved Fish
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(Oct. 29) – An operation on a beloved tropical star went swimmingly in England as veterinarians performed life-saving hernia surgery on Carla, a ten-year resident of the London Aquarium.
“I guess it may seem a bit extreme to operate on a small fish but Carla has been with us for 10 years and she is almost family,” James Oliver, the aquarium’s deputy curator, told Britain’s Daily Mail.
Veterinarian Sue Thornton performed the procedure.
“As soon as she was asleep we moved her on to the operating surface and fed a tube from the tank into her mouth and kept her breathing by pumping the water over her gills,” Thornton said. “I then stitched the wound together as best I could. It was difficult because the wall tissue was very stiff, but I managed to close it.”
Click through the gallery below to see pictures from the procedure that saved the 10-inch-long angelfish.
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