Surgery
For more advanced or complex surgeries we collaborate with Dr François Saulnier.
These include:
All the vets at Victoria are qualified to perform routine surgeries.
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External skeletal fixation
Fracture management
Intramedullary locking nails
Miniplates for miniature breeds
Maxillary/ mandibular fractures
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Diagnostic and therapeutic arthroscopy (keyhole) & arthrotomies
Arthrodesis
Elbow / hip dysplasia
Cruciate ligament surgery
Extracapsular stabilisation, tibial tuberosity advancement (TTA), cranial closing
wedge ostectomy (CCWO), tibial plateau levelling osteotomy (TPLO)
Luxations / sprains / shear injuries
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Total ear canal ablation (TECA) and bulla osteotomy for management of chronic ear infections
Brachycephalic airway syndrome
Laryngeal paralysis
Conditions of the salivary glands, sialadenectomy
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Tumours and obstructive conditions of the urinary tract
Treatment of obstructive ureteroliths with SUB (Subcutaneous Ureteral Bypass)
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Hard and soft tissue tumours (cancers) surgical excision
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Subtotal colectomy in feline megacolon, colorectal surgery
Anal sac tumours, furonculosis
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Portosystemic shunts (abnormal blood vessels by-passing the liver), extrahepatic and intrahepatic
Hepatic tumours
Biliary conditions (choleliths, mucoceles, neoplasia)scription