Small Animal Surgical Services are available for internally referred cases ONLY.
The Surgical Service combines the experience and skills of a dedicated surgical team with employing cutting edge techniques and equipment in a State of the Art facility supported by dedicated 24 hour Anaesthesia, Internal Medicine, Imaging and Emergency & Critical Care services.
Access to the VMC Surgery Service is by internal referral only. Please discuss with your regular UQ VETS veterinarian at your appointment.
In emergency situation patients may be seen through our Emergency and Critical Care Service. If surgery is required our ECC team will discuss the options that are available with you for your pet’s individual circumstances.
We are temporarily not offering a specialist referral based Surgical Service to external clinics.
Advice on general or individual clinical questions can be provided without charge or obligation to refer.
Access to advanced equipment such as laparascopic surgery instrumentation, Ligasure® vessel sealing technology, electrosurgery and stapling equipment allows the surgery department to provide a state of the art service in all facets of soft tissue surgery.
Procedures commonly performed by the surgery, anaesthesia and diagnostic imaging teams include the following:
Locking plate technology,interlocking nails and circular and linear external skeletal fixation enable the surgery department to reliably and successfully address almost any orthopaedic issue.
Commonly performed procedures include:
An on-site 16 slice helical CT scanner, in conjunction with fluoroscopy and myelography, enables accurate localisation and characterisation of most surgical neurological lesions. Commonly treated conditions include:
Most soft tissue and orthopaedic surgical neoplastic conditions can typically be addressed at UQ VETS Small Animal Hospital. Adjunctive therapies such as chemotherapy can also be provided by the internal medicine service if required.
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