SOFT TISSUE SURGERY

Common soft tissue procedures performed by Elite Veterinary Surgery include:

• Gastrointestinal surgery – foreign body removal, tumor resection, gastric derotation/gastropexy, subtotal colectomy for megacolon

• Hepatobiliary- tumor removal, portosystemic shunt attenuation, gallbladder removal/stenting

• Splenic disease- tumor removal

• Urogenital- stone removal, tumor removal, ureteral re-implantation for ectopia

• Thoracic – tumor removal, thoracic duct ligation for chylothorax, pericardectomy for idiopathic effusion

• Upper respiratory tract- laryngeal paralysis, brachycephalic airway disease

• Chronic ear disease- TECA (total ear canal ablation), bulla osteotomy

• Resection of invasive skin tumors- mast cell tumors, soft tissue sarcomas

• Maxillofacial - tumor removal and reconstruction