Surgery
Here at Coast and Valleys Vet Hospital, we offer a wide range of surgical procedures; from castrations, ovariohysterectomies and simple lump removals, through to more complex procedures including splenectomies, eye surgeries and some orthopaedic surgeries.
For more complex orthopaedic surgeries, including cruciate repairs, patella luxations and fracture repairs, we refer to a visiting orthopaedic surgeon from Coast OrthoVet, who comes to us and performs the surgery here in clinic.
Surgery Procedures
Procedures performed here by our veterinary team include, but are not limited to:
- Castrates, including cryptorchid (undescended testicles) castrations
- Ovariohysterectomies
- Dental work, including dental extractions
- Hernia repairs
- Caesarians, both planned and emergency
- Nares (nostril) widening
- Lump removals
- Eye surgery, including third eyelid flaps and eye removal
- Gastropexies (fixing of stomach to the abdomen wall to prevent stomach rotation)
- Exploratory laparotomies (often foreign body removal)
- Cystotomies
- Amputations
- Abscess drains
- Stitch ups
What to expect
What to take note of/expect when your pet is booked in for surgery:
Please ensure your pet has no access to food after 10pm the night before (exceptions to this include diabetic patients, rabbits, goats, sheep and patients under 2kgs)
Admission is between 8:30am and 9:30am. During admission, you will be asked to complete our consent form which includes procedure/s to be performed, an estimate, whether you would like us to perform pre-anaesthetic bloodwork and what medications your pet is currently on.
In most cases we will have your pet home to you between 4pm and 6pm that night; however some more complex procedures will stay in hospital overnight, but usually this is discussed with you prior to admission. At discharge, one of our veterinary team will go through discharge instructions with you prior to bringing your pet out.
If you have any questions at any time about your pets upcoming procedure, or about any discharge instructions, please do not hesitate to call the clinic on 4355 4704.
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