Surgical treatment of a hemarthrosis

A Holstein heifer calf approximately 30 days old presents with a painful unilateral swelling of the carpus.
The sudden onset and the absence of previous umbilical or enteric pathologies suggest a traumatic origin of the lesion.
Arthrocentesis reveals the presence of blood, confirming the suspicion of recent trauma.
Given the severity of the effusion and the risk that the arthrosynovitic process could evolve into a chronic hyperplastic and fibrotic form, surgical therapy for synovial emptying and drainage is preferred.