Surgery
Your pet’s health and well-being are our top priority.
We offer a variety of surgical procedures including minimally invasive surgeries, soft tissue surgeries, dental surgeries and orthopedic surgeries. For many surgeries, we use absorbable sutures underneath the skin. These will dissolve on their own, and do not need to be removed later. Some surgeries, especially tumor removals, do require skin stitches.
Soft Tissue Surgery
Soft tissue injuries can be the damage of a pet’s muscle, tendon or ligament in the body. These injuries often occur from a strain, sprain, contusion or overuse of a certain body part. These injuries result in pain, swelling, bruising or loss of function and can lead to other complications if left untreated.
Dental Surgery
We understand that surgeries of all kinds for your furry friend can be scary. We take every precaution to ensure a successful surgery for your pet. Our dental surgeries are offered for multiple complications. These procedures include periodontal surgeries, tooth extractions, restorative dentistry, palate surgeries and other procedures based on the pet’s condition and needs. Digital dental radiographs are taken and allow us to evaluate the roots of your pets teeth.
Pre-Anesthetic Blood Work
Preanesthetic blood testing is important in reducing the risk of anesthesia. Every pet can benefit from blood testing before surgery to ensure that the liver and kidneys can handle the anesthetic. Even apparently healthy animals can have serious organ system problems that cannot be detected without blood testing. If there is a problem, it is much better to find it before it causes anesthetic or surgical complications.
Pain Medication
Pain medications needed will depend on the surgery performed. Major procedures require more pain relief than things like minor lacerations. Providing whatever pain relief is appropriate is a humane and caring thing to do for your pet.
For dogs, we may recommend an oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication the day after surgery and several days after to lessen the risk of discomfort and swelling. We use newer medications, which are less likely to cause stomach upset and can be given even the morning of surgery.
Because cats do not tolerate standard pain medications such as Aspirin, Ibuprofen, or Tylenol, we are limited in what we can give them. Recent advances in pain medications have allowed for better pain control in cats than ever before. We administer a pain injection 10 minutes prior to surgery. After surgery, pain medication is given on a case by case basis. Any animal that appears painful will receive additional pain medication.
Surgical Services
Our doctors have advanced training in areas of surgery that some general practices can not offer. We routinely provide spays, neuters, and dentistry including digital dental radiographs and tooth extraction.
Abdominal Surgeries
To include foreign body removals, intestinal resection and anastomosis, liver and intestinal biopsies, bladder stone removal, bladder resections, splenectomies, and abdominal exploratories
Bite Wounds
Bloat (GDV) Repairs
Cherry Eye Procedures
We do the pocket-technique to help preserve tear production
Chronic Wound Management
C-Sections
Emergency Procedures
Like laceration repairs
Entropion Repair
Enucleations
Hernia Repairs
Mass Removals
Perineal Urethrostomies
PU surgery for blocked cats
Pyometras
Splint Applications
Stomaching Tacking (Gastropexy)
Vulvoplasty
For female dogs with recurring or chronic urinary tract infections
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