Procedures
Orthopedic Surgery
- Achilles Tendon Injuries
- ACL (cranial cruciate ligament) disease
- Limb amputation
- Fracture repair
- Angular Limb Deformities
- Elbow Dysplasia
- Hip Dysplasia
- Joint luxations
- Patella luxation
- Arthrodesis
- Osteochondritis Dissecans
Soft Tissue Surgery
- Anal sacculectomy
- Upper airway surgery (brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome, Laryngeal Paralysis)
- Skin surgery (reconstructive surgery, mass removal, wound care, mastectomy, episioplasty)
- Biliary (Gallbladder) surgery
- Urinary surgery (bladder stones, kidney removal, ureteral obstruction, perineal urethrostomy, scrotal urethrostomy)
- Lower respiratory surgery: Lung lobectomy, thoracotomy, median sternotomy
- GI surgery (foreign body removal, tumor removal, subtotal colectomy, gastric dilatation and volvulus)
- Total ear canal ablation and bulla osteotomy
- Ventral bulla Osteotomy
- Hernia repair (diaphragmatic, peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia, perineal hernia)
- Salivary Mucocele/Ranula
- Oral surgery (oronasal fistula, cleft palate, jaw/oral tumor removal)
- Liver surgery (extrahepatic portosystemic shunt ligation, liver lobectomy, liver biopsies)
- Splenectomy
- Parathyroidectomy/Thyroidectomy
- Pyometra
- Pancreatectomy
Neurologic Surgery
- Intervertebral disk disease (Thoracolumbar and cervical)
- A-A luxation
- Lumbosacral disk disease
- Spinal trauma (Fractures and luxations)
- Wobbler’s syndrome
- Select intracranial surgical procedures
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