Your Pet's Surgery
Sometimes, surgery is the only option when treating your pet. Imperial Animal Hospital uses the latest technology and veterinary medical techniques to provide your pet with advanced surgical care. We know that surgery can be stressful for you and your pet. That's why we use advanced anesthetic protocols and state-of-the-art equipment to provide your pet with the safest, most comfortable surgical experience possible.
Surgical Capabilities
The veterinarians at Imperial Animal Hospital are capable of performing a number of surgeries, from routine spay/neuter procedures to more advanced surgeries. Below is a partial list of surgical procedures we perform:
Soft tissue surgery
- Intestinal surgery
- Foreign body removal
- Resection and anastamosis
- Gastrotomies
- Prophylactic gastropexies
- Cystotomies for stone removal/biopsy
- Liver biopsy
- Cholecystectomy
- Eyelid surgery (entropion/ectropion/lid mass removal)
Orthopedic surgery
- Anterior cruciate ligament repair (Securos extra capsular repair)
- Fracture repair
- Bone biopsy
- Medial patellar luxation repair
- Femoral head and neck ostectomy
Safety and Comfort
Your pet's safety and comfort are our highest priority at Imperial Animal Hospital. We utilize advanced anesthetic and monitoring equipment to ensure your pet is at ease during surgery. Sevoflurane, isoflurane inhalant anesthesia and propofol are used during surgery. During each surgical procedure, we use the latest monitoring equipment to monitor your pet's vital signs. Oxygen saturation, body temperature, blood pressure, and ECG (electrocardiograph) are all monitored during surgery. A specially-trained veterinary technician is present during surgery and monitors your pet's vital signs and condition.
Pain management is an important part of our intra- and post-operative procedures and we provide intensive after-surgery assessment and management. All surgical patients receive pain medication following surgery. Pain control medication will usually be dispensed to your pet to help control pain in the post-operative period, and these instructions should be followed, even if your pet doesn't "seem" like he or she needs it. Good pain management helps speed healing and recovery!