Surgical Procedures

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We provide all types of soft tissue surgery for dogs and cats, specializing in minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, and neurosurgery for certain conditions.

Abdominal surgery

  • Adrenalectomy
  • Cholecystectomy for disease of the gall bladder
  • Cystotomy
  • Enterotomy
  • Feeding tube
  • Gastrectomy
  • Gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV or “bloat”)
  • Gastropexy
  • Gastrotomy
  • Insulinoma
  • Intestinal resection anastomosis or enterectomy
  • Laparoscopic gastropexy
  • Liver lobectomy for liver mass
  • Nephrectomy
  • Portosystemic shunt, extra hepatic or intra hepatic
  • Surgery for megacolon
  • Surgery of the biliary tract
  • Surgery of the ureter
  • Urethrotomy
  • Urethrostomy
  • Urinary obstruction
  • Urinary stones

Head and neck surgery

  • Palate defect
  • Salivary mucocele
  • Total ear canal ablation
  • Thyroidectomy

Neurosurgery

  • Hemilaminectomy
  • Minimally invasive hemilaminectomy
  • Vertebral fractures

Reproductive surgery

  • Laparoscopic ovariectomy
  • Ovariohysterectomy
  • Prostatic cyst or abscess
  • Prostatectomy

Thoracic surgery

  • Chylothorax
  • Lung lobectomy
  • Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
  • Pericardectomy
  • Persistent right aortic arch
  • Pyothorax
  • Thoracoscopic pericardectomy or window

Upper airway surgery

  • Unilateral lateralization for laryngeal paralysis
  • Permanent tracheostomy
  • Soft palate resection for brachycephalic airway syndrome

Wound care and reconstruction

  • Hernia repair
    • Diaphragmatic hernia
    • Hiatal hernia
    • Inguinal hernia
    • Perineal hernia
    • Umbilical hernia
  • Skin flaps
  • Skin grafts
  • Wound management