Veterinary Surgery

Each patient has an anesthetic plan that is tailored to his or her specific condition. Overall cardiovascular health and lab work are taken into consideration with each pet.

We take extra care to ensure your pet is pain-free during and after surgery often by using a multimodal approach (i.e. local anesthetic, epidural anesthesia and systemic medications).

We use state-of-the-art monitoring equipment (EKG, oscillometric blood pressure, arterial line, pulse oximetry, end tidal CO2, etc.) to monitor your pet’s vitals during surgery.

All of our procedures utilize a strict sterile technique. This means our operative suite has positive pressure airflow and the room is cleaned after every procedure.

Our surgeons also use sterile prep and full surgical attire (sterile gloves, surgical cap, surgical gown). 

Once the surgery is complete, your veterinarian will contact you to discuss the procedure and plan.

Some pets are able to return home the next day while others are required to stay longer. It ultimately depends on the complexity of the procedure and your pet’s health status.

When you arrive to pick up your pet, we will provide you with discharge instructions and answer any questions you have.

For pets suffering from ear, nose, and throat disorders, we offer soft tissue surgical procedures.

These procedures are also available for hepatic, urogenital, oncological, cardiothoracic, gastrointestinal, and skin disorders. 

When we spay or neuter a cat or dog, we surgically sterilize them to prevent disease and provide them with an extended life expectancy. 

If your dog or cat has a torn cruciate ligament, your veterinary specialist may recommend TPLO (tibial plateau leveling osteotomy) surgery. This surgery targets the tibia, the larger weight-supporting bone between the knee and the ankle.

The procedure involves cutting through the tibia and then rotating the top section (the tibial plateau) backward until the angle between the tibia and femur is appropriately level.

Most pets heal rapidly after TPLO surgery. Here is a general idea of the recovery timeline:

• Many pets can walk again around 24 hours after surgery.
• After two weeks, most pets bear moderate to complete weight on the affected leg.
• Within six months, most pets can resume full physical activity.

The risk of complications involved with recovery from TPLO surgery is low. Even so, you should contact our veterinary surgery department in Nashua if your pet experiences diarrhea, vomiting or constipation, or inflammation and redness at the incision site.

If your pet continues to walk limp or in pain after they have healed from surgery, it can indicate that the surgery was not successful and further treatment will be required.

Cats and dogs can develop masses associated with the skin. Masses can also grow inside a body cavity and can be serious or life-threatening.

Mass removal surgery is a fairly common procedure for both cats and dogs.

Sometimes, foreign objects are ingested or can get stuck inside a cat's or dog's body.

Whether your pet has eaten an object they shouldn't have or an accident has left them injured, we can perform foreign body surgery to remove it.

Wounds occur when living tissue has been cut, broken, burnt, torn, or otherwise damaged.

These wounds must be cleaned, disinfected, and appropriately cared for by a qualified veterinarian as soon as possible. 

Orthopedic surgeries correct injuries and diseases of the bones, ligaments, joints, tendons, and other skeletal structures in your pet.

Our veterinarians provide dental surgeries for dogs and cats. These surgeries can range from tooth extractions to gum disease treatment and jaw fracture repairs.