Soft Tissue / Oncological Procedures
“Soft tissue surgery” is a term used to encompass any non-orthopaedic/non-neurosurgical procedure in veterinary patients. Our surgeons have experience in many areas of soft tissue surgery including thoracic (chest), cardiac, ears-nose-throat, abdominal surgery and reconstructive procedures. In addition we offer staging and surgical management of many large or complicated cancers.
Types of soft-tissue procedures we perform include:
- Thoracic cavity (open chest) surgery
- Pericardectomy
- Lung lobectomy
- Thoracic duct ligations
- Lower tracheal/oesophageal procedures
- Abdominal surgery
- Portosystemic shunt surgery
- Gastrointestinal procedures
- Urogenital procedures
- Upper airway surgery
- Brachycephalic airway syndrome procedures
- Laryngeal “tie-back” procedures
- Permanent tracheostomy
- Tracheal stenting
- Total ear canal ablation and bulla osteotomy
- Laparoscopic and Thoracoscopic procedures
- Major hernia repair
- Diaphragmatic
- Inguinal
- Perineal
- Major tumour resections
- Body wall resections
- Mandibulectomy/maxillectomy
- Liver and splenic neoplasm resection
- Extensive amputations
- Skin reconstruction
- Dermal plexus and axial pattern flap reconstruction
- Free skin grafts
- VAC wound management