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Procedures Performed & Diseases Treated

Airway

  • Brachycephalic airway disease (soft palate correction, everted laryngeal saccule resection and stenotic nares correction)
  • Laryngeal paralysis (vocal fold resection, laryngeal 'tie-back' and permanent tracheostomy)
  • Collapsing trachea (internal stents and external tracheal rings)
Fistulogram of a draining track wound. Notice the outline of a rectangular object by the white contrast material. A broken stick was removed at surgery

Fistulogram of a draining track wound. Notice the outline of a rectangular object by the white contrast material. A broken stick was removed at surgery

Head and Neck

  • Cleft palate
  • Salivary mucocele
  • Thyroid and parathyroid disease
  • Mandibulectomies
  • Maxillectomies
  • Rhinotomies
  • Total Ear Canal Ablation (TECA)
  • Ventral Bulla Osteotomy (VBO)

Skin and Limbs - Oncologic

  • Skin and muscle biopsies
  • Skin and subcutaneous mass removals - such as mast cell tumors and lipomas
  • Mammary gland tumor removals
  • Amputations - digits, forelimb, hindlimb

Abdominal

  • Stomach and/or intestinal foreign body removal
  • Abdominal mass removal - such as liver lobectomy
  • Intestinal biopsies
  • Diaphragmatic hernia repair
  • Hiatal hernia repair
  • Adrenalectomy
  • Cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal)
  • Splenectomy
  • Nephrectomy
  • Partial pancreatectomy
  • Cystotomy (for bladder stone or bladder mass removal)
  • Urethrotomy or Ureterotomy
  • Ectopic ureter repair
  • Gastropexy (suturing of stomach to abdominal wall to prevent life-threatening gastric-dilatation and volvulus)
  • Ovariectomy (removal of the ovaries to sterilize a female dog)
  • Ovariohysterectomy (removal of the ovaries and uterus to sterilize a female dog)
  • C-section
  • Castration and cryptorchidectomy (removal of an intra-abdominal testicle)
  • Pancreatic biopsies
  • Intestinal biopsies
  • Portosystemic shunt attenuation
  • Exploratory laparotomy (to evaluate the abdominal organs)
  • Septic peritonitis
  • Anal sacculectomy
  • Perineal hernia
  • Prostatic cyst/abscess

Thoracic

  • Exploratory thoracotomy (to evaluate the thoracic organs)
  • Lung lobectomies/biopsies
  • Thoracic wall resection
  • Pericardial window (for pericardial effusion or to obtain a pericardial biopsy)
  • Pacemaker implantation
  • Thoracic duct ligation
  • Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) ligation
  • Persistent right aortic arch (PRAA) ligation
  • Thymoma
  • Septic pleuritis
  • Chest tube placement

Wounds

  • Degloving wounds (automobile accidents)
  • Bite wounds
  • Burn wounds
  • VAC = Vacuum-Assisted Closure of wounds

We are also proud to be able to perform a number of surgeries in a minimally invasive manner using a laparoscope/thoracoscope. Please visit our Minimally Invasive Surgery service for more information.

For further information about our Internal Medicine procedures and treatments, please visit our Internal Medicine service.

For further information about our Oncology procedures and treatments, please visit our Oncology service.