Surgery
About to start a surgical procedure
Surgery is generally divided into soft tissue surgeries and orthopedic surgeries. Orthopedic surgeries focus on bones, tendons, and joints (e.g. fracture and ligament repair), while soft tissue surgeries encompass abdomen, chest, mouth and skin, (e.g. bowel, bladder and wound repair).
The most common surgeries performed in a veterinary hospital are elective soft tissue surgeries such as spays (ovariohystercectomy) and neuters (orchiectomy).
What We Offer
Veterinary surgery has undergone a tremendous revolution. With recent advances in equipment and instrumentation, anesthesia and pain management, veterinarians are now able to offer exciting surgical treatment options that only a few years ago would have involved considerably greater risk and discomfort to our animal patients.
Medications and Equipment
Our hospital offers inhalant anesthetics (e.g. isoflurane) and patient monitoring protocols (e.g. blood pressure measurements) for your pet during surgery.
Peri-operative pain is managed using epidural analgesia and nerve blocks. For post-operative pain, pain killing drugs are used.
Procedures
We offer several surgical techniques and instrumentation (e.g. surgical lasers, laparoscopy, orthopedic implants) that allow us to perform many different procedures surgical procedures on our patients.
All of our staff veterinarians are trained in basic surgery, but just as in human medicine, the expertise needed for advanced procedures (e.g. orthopedic surgery) calls for additional interest and training and at times board certification as a surgical specialist. We will let you know our recommendations for your pet's surgery.