The Veterinary Center also offers several exotic pet species - specific procedures including deslorelin implants for ferrets with adrenal disease, jaw abscess debridement for rabbits,
bladder stone removal for guinea pigs and rabbits, and egg removal and spaying for egg bound birds and reptiles.
Not exact matches
Insurance won't pay me $ 120 to educate someone on how to eat to prevent gall
stones but they will pay $ 20,0000
for a gall
bladder surgery
removal!!!! So they have the surgery... and then guess what?
He's had two surgeries thus far (
bladder stones & a pinky toe
removal), is on daily medication and prescription dog food (
for preventing recurrence of said
bladder stones), and goes to doggie day care (we don't want to leave him home alone all day while we're at work, especially now that he's older).
Some of our more common surgeries include castration or gelding, tumor biopsy or
removal, laceration repair, hernia repair, reproductive surgery or Cesarean - section, tube cystotomy
for bladder stone obstruction (urolithiasis), dental surgery and extraction (exodontia), and eye
removal or enucleation.
Abdominal surgery * Abdominal port placement
for chronic effusions Adrenal gland
removal Bladder (
stone removal, masses) * Colon surgery Cryptorchidism * Diaphragmatic hernia Ectopic ureter Exploratory laparotomy * Gallbladder (
removal vs. re-routing) Hemoabdomen (internal bleeding) * Incontinence treatment * Intestinal obstruction (foreign bodies) * Intestinal surgery * Kidney surgery Liver biopsy, including «keyhole» liver biopsy Liver surgery Megacolon Pancreas surgery Pleuro - Peritoneal Diaphragmatic Hernia (PPDH) Prophylactic gastropexy («twisted stomach» or bloat or GDV prevention) * Prostate surgery Spleen
removal (splenectomy, bleeding masses) * Stomach surgery (foreign bodies) * Urethra surgery Uterus infection (pyometra) * Thoracic surgery (thoracotomy) Chylothorax Esophagus surgery Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) Persistent Right Aortic Arch (PRAA) Pleural port placement
for fluid buildup Lung surgery, including «keyhole» lung biopsy Pyothorax Head and neck surgery Cheiloplasty (
for excessive drooling) Cleft palate Ear and throat polyps in cats * Ear hematoma * Elongated soft palate Everted laryngeal saccules Eye and eyelid surgery * Facial fold
removal Laryngeal paralysis («Tie back») Lateral Bulla Osteotomy (LBO) Lateral ear resection Oro - nasal fistula Para-thyroid gland
removal Salivary gland surgery (mucocele, sialocele) Stenotic nares (narrow nostrils) Thyroid gland
removal (cat or dog) Total Ear Canal Ablation (TECA) Ventral Bulla Osteotomy (VBO)
X-Rays of the
bladder and urethra should be taken to check
for the presence of
stones that may require surgical
removal.
Treatment of
bladder stones may involve either medical treatment or surgical
removal of the
stones for positive identification.
For laparoscopic assisted
bladder stone removal, a small (3 - 5) mm incision is made in the abdomen and a port is placed to allow introduction of the camera into the abdomen.
These include
bladder stone removal, internal organ biopsy, mass
removal / biopsy, intestinal foreign body
removal, stomach tacking (gastropexy)
for animals predisposed to «bloat», laceration repair, and MANY others!