Endoscopy Case Study
Courtesy of
Timothy McCarthy, DVM, Diplomate ACVS
Surgical Specialty Clinic of Animals
Beaverton, OR
Ocd Of The Shoulder
A 7-month old male Labrador Retriever was presented with a
right front leg lameness of two months duration. At the time
of examination he demonstrated a right front leg lameness of
moderate severity and demonstrated pain on hyperextension of
the right shoulder. The remainder of his physical examination
was unremarkable. Radiographs of the right shoulder showed an
irregular defect on the caudal aspect of the humoral head and
a mineralized density in the caudal cul-de-sac of the joint (Figure
1). The left shoulder was normal.
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Figure 1
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Arthroscopy was performed on the right shoulder. A large curled
free cartilage fragment was present in the caudal cul-de-sac
of the joint (Figure 2). The cartilage defect on the humoral
head can be seen on the near side of the free fragment (Figure
2).
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Figure 2
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Operative time was less than 30 minutes. Shoulder pain and
lameness were less than the preoperative values when the patient
was released on the day after arthroscopy.
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The free cartilage fragment was removed on one piece (Figure
3).
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