Soft Tissue Surgery

At London Vet Specialists, our soft tissue service offers a comprehensive referral service for all surgical conditions and have specific expertise in minimally invasive surgery. The soft tissue surgical team also plays a pivotal role in the management of many cases referred to the medicine and oncology services. With our extensive facilities, anaesthesia specialists, ECC service and 24/7 nursing care, we are able to provide the essential critical care often required for complex soft tissue referrals.

The service accepts referrals in all aspects of surgery including:

• ENT surgery including BOAS, laryngeal paralysis, ear surgeries (TECA, VBO), laryngeal collapse
• Thoracic surgery including thoracic tumours, mediastinal masses, pericardiectomy, chylothorax
• Liver surgery including portosystemic shunts, hepatic lobectomy
• Urogenital surgery including obstructive urolithiasis, perineal and scrotal urethrostomy, cystostomy/nephrostomy tube placement, prostatic surgery, nephrectomy, ectopic ureter surgery
• Gastrointestinal surgery
• Endocrine including adrenalectomy and thyroidectomy
• Reconstructive surgery including axial pattern flaps and free skin grafts
• Oncological surgery including mandibulectomy, maxillectomy, mast cell tumour, sarcoma removal, and amputation

We are proud to have extensive expertise in minimally invasive surgery and can offer the following:

• Laparoscopic single port ovariectomy
• Cryptorchid castration
• Laparoscopic-assisted gastropexy
• Minimally invasive urinary procedures
• PCCL (camera assisted bladder stone removal)
• Cystoscopy for bladder biopsy (female dogs greater than 10kg)
• Diagnostic laparoscopy
• Liver biopsy (neoplastic v copper storage v toxin etc)
• Gastrointestinal biopsy
• Other organ biopsy (lymph node, pancreas, kidney, spleen)
• Thoracoscopy
• Thoracoscopic assisted lung lobectomy (for solitary lung masses)
• Pericardiectomy (for idiopathic pericardial effusion)
• Chylothorax (pericardiectomy and thoracic duct ligation)
• Pleural biopsy (for pleural effusion of unknown origin)

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