Services
Surgical Services
1. Advanced Anesthesia and Monitoring
We take anesthetic safety and anesthetic monitoring very seriously. Well trained doctors, technicians and state of the art monitoring devices ensure the safety of your beloved pets. Continuously monitoring blood pressure, EKG, body temperature, pulse rate, tissue oxygenation and end tidal carbon dioxide during anesthesia helps us avoid the complications that can arise under general anesthetic. We use modern anesthetic agents, to assure smooth recovery from anesthetic so your pet feels good when she goes home. |
 2. Soft Tissue surgery
Our veterinarians are all skilled, highly trained soft tissue surgeons able to offer a full range of soft tissue surgeries from routine spays and neuters to more advanced intra-abdominal and cancer surgeries. Appropriate pain management is an integral part of any surgery performed at our hospital. |
 3. Orthopedic surgery
A number of our more experienced surgeons have a special interest in orthopedic surgery. We have the expertise and equipment to treat bone fractures via casting, IM pin fixation, external fixation and ASIF plating. Routinely we correct ruptured ACL ligaments and dislocated kneecaps in dogs. We also maintain a comprehensive referral service for those surgeries that require even more specialized equipment. |
 4. Laser surgery
Our carbon dioxide laser is a very useful addition to our surgical instrumentation. It is used primarily to create precise incisions without the instrument itself touching the tissues. CO2 laser surgery offers some distinct advantages over conventional surgery because it reduces swelling, bleeding and post-operative pain. We frequently use the laser for surgeries of the mouth, soft palate, nose, perineum and feet. It is also very useful for the removal of small skin tumors under local anesthesia in patients that cannot undergo general anesthesia. While we generally discourage the practice of declawing cats, our doctors use the laser exclusively for this operation it makes it virtually painless.
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 5. Veterinary
Arthroscopy (Minimally invasive)
Many of our young large breed dogs suffer from painful cartilage
defects in their shoulders, elbows, knees and hock joints.
The arrival of small, fiber optic scopes has enabled
us to treat these dogs very effectively, on an outpatient
basis and with minimal discomfort. The surgeries are carried
out through tiny holes with very specialized scopes and
surgical instruments causing little post-operative swelling
or pain. This is one place where our patients have really
benefited from advances in the human field. |
 6. Veterinary Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy (Minimally invasive)
These terms refer to surgeries of the abdomen and chest which are carried out using very specialized instruments and cameras. The advantages of these types of surgeries over conventional methods are again related to patient comfort and post-op recovery time.
In our animal patients, diseases of the abdomen frequently require exploratory surgery to establish the exact nature of the disease process.
Laparoscopy has revolutionized these surgeries in our clinic with most patients returning home the same day, hardly aware that they had surgery at all.
The usefulness of these instruments extends much further than mere sample gathering and we routinely use our scopes during more involved surgeries such as removing testicles retained in the abdomen or treating fluid accumulations around the heart sac. |
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Laparoscopic Ovarectomy (Laparoscopic Spay)
On Friday, February 22, 2008, a Continuing Education Seminar was held at our hospital. Dr. Randy Hutchison flew in from Ohio, to review the technique of doing laparoscopic ovarectomies. This procedure will now be offered by our doctors, in addition to the many other Endoscopic procedures currently being done.
This procedure is much less invasive for the dog as there is no longer a long incision in the mid-line of the belly and the internal organs are handled much less. There are only two tiny puncture style incisions, one for the camera and one to remove the ovaries. This revolutionary technique minimizes surgical risks such as excessive bleeding, inadvertent tearing of soft tissues, suture reactions and wound infectiton. The patient is much more comfortable and more active immediately following surgery than with the traditional spay.
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