The majority of cases are then scheduled for surgery the following day. Some more complex cases require extensive diagnostic procedures under anesthesia. Such procedures include CT, angiography, biopsy, and are necessary to determine the nature and extent of disease and the feasibility of surgical therapy. The Soft Tissue Surgery service also receives cases transferred from the Medicine, Oncology, Intensive Care, and Emergency services. The service sees a wide range of diseases including congenital abnormalities, trauma, and cancer that affect all body systems.
Emergency surgery is available every night of the week and on weekends.
Because this service is often very busy, surgery is performed on a medical priority basis. By referral There is one Orthopedic Surgery service that performs surgery on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during the week. The Orthopedic service receives cases from clinic appointments on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Clinic appointments are made by referral so that we can get the more urgent cases in quickly. A referring veterinarian must speak to one of the Orthopedic surgeons before an appointment can be made.