Case report: Scapulohumeral arthrodesis in a reindeer

Kimery L Hankins; Shannon K Reed; Keila K Ida; Jeffrey P Watkins; Sarah A White

doi:10.3389/fvets.2023.1270471

Case report: Scapulohumeral arthrodesis in a reindeer

Front Vet Sci. 2023 Nov 27:10:1270471. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1270471. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Kimery L Hankins^#¹, Shannon K Reed^#^{2

3}, Keila K Ida^{2

3}, Jeffrey P Watkins^{2

3}, Sarah A White²

Affiliations

¹ College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.
² Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.
³ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

This case report describes the anesthetic, surgical, and postoperative management of scapulohumeral arthrodesis in a juvenile reindeer with severe lameness due to a chronic proximal humeral fracture and scapulohumeral luxation. The reindeer was managed with prolonged stall confinement and physical therapy and 9 months postoperatively was walking and bearing weight equally when standing. This case demonstrates that comparative techniques from other veterinary species coupled with considerations for reindeer anesthesia can be successful in restoring functional soundness after scapulohumeral arthrodesis.

Keywords: arthrodesis; locking compression plate™; reindeer; scapulohumeral joint; subluxation.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

The author (s) declare that no financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.