Surgery

Operating Rooms and Anesthesia Monitoring

Our practice is equipped with two different operating rooms.

The first room is used for all surgical procedures that must be performed under sterile conditions. The second room is used for non- or partially sterile procedures, such as dental care or endoscopic examinations/procedures.

The vast majority of surgical procedures must be performed under general anesthesia to ensure complete suppression of consciousness.

Our two rooms are equipped with modern anesthesia machines that allow gas anesthesia and monitoring of all vital parameters (ECG, pulse oximeter, capnograph, body temperature, etc.). The animals are intubated during an operation and the placement of an intravenous catheter allows the administration of different medications as well as perfusion fluids. All these measures ensure that the anesthesia and the operation go as well as possible and allow a good recovery phase.

Well prepared for the operation

If your pet is scheduled for surgery, it is important that he or she arrives fasting for the appointment.

In general, it is sufficient for your dog or cat not to have eaten for 12 hours prior to the appointment. For certain procedures such as a digestive tract endoscopy, however, this period can vary up to 24 hours.

Rabbits and rodents must be fed until surgery to avoid stasis and other problems in the gastrointestinal tract.

Most pets can go home the same day after routine surgery. For more serious surgeries or emergency care, it may be necessary to keep your pet in our home for observation for a period of time.

Various surgical procedures

We perform the following surgical procedures in particular:

Soft tissue surgery: e.g. sterilization of male and female dogs, cats and rabbits; caesarean section; tumor removal; foreign body removal; intestinal resections; urinary stone removal; penile amputation; spleen resection; gastric torsion; abdominal organ biopsies, as well as some eye operations (cherry eye, eyelid correction, enucleations, corneal resection).

Minimally invasive surgery: endoscopic castration of the bitch; cryptorchidism in the male; exploratory laparotomy, minimally invasive biopsies.

Bone surgery: resection of the femoral neck in cats and small dogs (<10 kg); amputations of a limb, toe or part of the tail; lower jaw cerclages.

Thoracic surgery: surgical correction of diaphragmatic hernias.