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SURGERY

At Blue Ridge Animal Clinic, our veterinarians and staff are experienced in safe surgical procedures for pets. During surgery and recovery, we monitor all of your pet’s vital signs with state of the art equipment including pulse oximetry, respiratory monitoring, EKG, and temperature monitoring. Your pet will be cared for by a fully-trained veterinary nursing staff before, during and after surgery to ensure the safest surgery and recovery for your pet.

Our veterinarians are trained and experienced to perform most types of soft tissue surgery, including:

• Soft tissue/general surgery (for example, growth removal,)
• Spay and neuter
• Emergency surgery (laceration repair, wound repair, foreign object removal, emergency orthopedic surgery such as fracture repair)
• Dental surgery, extractions

Our hospital has a surgical suite fully equipped with the latest and most modern surgical and monitoring equipment including:

• ECG and oxygen saturation monitors
• IV Fluid pump
• Ventilator
• Heated surgery tables for greater comfort for your pet
• Special equipment for the special needs of birds, pocket pets and other types of exotic pets we treat.

Pre-Surgical Care

Prior to surgery, all dogs and cats are carefully screened through pre-surgical bloodwork and a thorough physical exam. Pre-surgical bloodwork gives us important information about your pet’s kidney, liver and heart function to be sure your pet is healthy to receive anesthesia.

Anesthesia

Safe anesthetics are carefully selected for each pet.

Pain Management

At Blue Ridge Animal Clinic, we believe in maximizing the comfort of your pet before, during and after your pet’s procedure. The pain management we use depends on the type of pet. For many pets, we use a multi-modal approach to pain management, meaning we layer small amounts of different drugs to minimize any pain that your pet might feel during or after the procedure. Because we administer lower doses of each individual drug, your pet will experience fewer adverse side effects, more complete pain relief and faster post-operative recovery.

Please call us if you have any questions regarding the surgical procedures we perform or if you have any questions about our surgical protocols.