Post op right fore leg amputation Pt 8
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 26/12/2015

Dec 26, 2015. The hamster survived the right leg amputation. The tumour was 10 grams. The hamster weighed 57 grams and was at least 2.5 cm across. Hence the option was only amputation to prevent death. 

The hamster surprisingly survived the drastic surgery. The owners were most happy. Anaesthesia was sufficient to permit this long operation for a dwarf hamster.  This case study adds up to the anaesthetic  experience of dwarf hamster surgery atToa Payoh Vets. 

Medication will not dissolve the gigantic elbow tumour which the owner had requested earlier from Dr Daniel. It was not an abscess and was a fast growing tumour, probably malignant..