Why would my pet need soft tissue surgery?

Veterinary soft tissue surgery is recommended for a variety of reasons. These include "routine" procedures such as mass removals, trauma, and emergency surgery, wound management, and any medically required reconstructive procedures. The most common soft tissue surgeries for animals are mass removals, wound reconstruction, and hernia repairs. More advanced soft tissue surgeries include cystotomy, abdominal exploratory surgery, and splenectomy. During the surgical procedure, there are often multiple monitoring devices ensuring the maximum safety of your pet.

How do you care for my pet during surgery?

Our veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians adhere to the highest level of care standards for all surgical procedures to ensure your pet is safe and comfortable throughout the treatment process.

Soft Tissue Surgeries that We Perform

• Lumpectomies:

  • removal of skin tumours/masses or other lumps on the body

• Exploratory Laparotomies:

  • surgery inside of the abdomen to investigate a variety of problems, biopsy organs, remove foreign bodies, explore/remove tumours, etc

• Cystotomies:

  • bladder surgery to remove bladder stones, biopsy the bladder, etc.

• Minimally Invasive Surgery:

  • using an endoscope (medical camera) to perform a variety of procedures similar to human medicine. Some example include laparoscopy to biopsy the kidney or liver, etc. See our “Endoscopy” category in Medical Services for more information.

• Numerous other procedures:

  • other surgeries we commonly perform include ear surgery, eye surgery, etc.