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ORTHOPEDICS
- TPLO and MRIT
- Patella luxation correction
- Total hip replacement
- Arthroscopy
- Open joint surgery
- Fracture repair including mandibular and maxillary fracture repair
- Ligament reconstruction
- Tendon repair
- Angular limb deformity correction
ABDOMINAL SURGERY
- Liver lobectomy
- Portosystemic shunt attenuation
- Gall bladder and bile duct surgery
- Gastric reconstruction and other stomach surgeries
- Laparoscopic surgery
- gastropexy - prophylactic and therapeutic
- internal organ biopsy: liver, intestine, pancreas, kidney, bladder, lymph nodes
- jejunostomy tube placement
- colopexy for prolapse rectum
- colostomy
- cystopexy
- Intestinal surgery and special duodenal reconstructive surgeries
- Pancreatectomy
- Colectomy
- Ectopic ureter reconstruction
- Urinary incontinence surgery
- Nephrectomy
- Bladder surgery
- Ureteral stone removal
RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
- Free tissue transfer
- Limb reattachment (replantation)
- Wound reconstruction
- Limb-sparing surgery for distal radial bone tumors
- Anti-drool lip tuck
- Nasal fold excision
- Ear ablation/bulla surgery
ONCOLOGIC SURGERY
- Soft tissue sarcoma excision
- Skin tumor excision
- Endocrine tumor excision
- Abdominal organ tumor excision
- Chest wall and chest organ tumor excision
- Bone tumor excision - limb sparing surgery or amputation
- Oral cavity tumor removal
- Excision of many other tumors
RESPIRATORY SURGERY
- Soft palate reconstruction
- Laryngeal tie-back
- Nasal and nasal cavity surgery
- Tracheal surgery including tracheal collapse correction
- Lung lobectomy
- Thoroscopy - minimally invasive surgery
- chest exploration to examine for metastatic disease
- lung biopsy
- pericardectomy
NEUROLGIC SURGERY
- Laminectomy
- Brain tumor excision
- Spinal fracture repair
- Atlantoaxial luxation stabilization
- Nerve/muscle biopsy
HEART SURGERY
- Congenital heart defect surgery
- PDA
- Pulmonic stenosis
- Ventricular septal defect
- Pacemaker placement
KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION
- Dr. Degner performs renal transplants in cats
- Transplantation of kidneys in dogs is feasible, but the cost of medication and the ability to find a donor that matches is more difficult than in cats. The surgery done in dogs is easier than in cats as the vessels are larger. Medication costs (cyclosporin) can be cost prohibitive in large dogs
DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AVAILABLE
- CT scan of joints, chest, abdomen, spine, brain
- Arthrograms
- Ultrasound of tendons
- Plain radiography
- Interpretation of radiographs - please see attached form
Note: this is not a complete list of all surgical services available
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