Learn More About Conditions We Treat

A cancer diagnosis is usually easy enough to obtain.  Figuring out how to treat it if a mass is large or located in a challenging location can be less straightforward.  Learn about common external neoplasms and how they are treated.

Are you recommending the best preventative care for your brachycephalic patients?  Brachycephalic breeds, especially French bulldogs, are becoming more and more popular.  Airway abnormalities in these patients are essentially guaranteed, but severe sequelae no not have to be.  Learn about this common condition, physiologic consequences, and advice on treatment.

Salivary mucocele can be a frustrating diagnosis.  Medical management is frequently unrewarding, but it can be hard to mentally justify expensive referral to a specialist for a condition that is often not causing patients clinical signs at the time of diagnosis.  Surgical management has a high success rate when performed properly, and is easier when performed earlier in the disease course.  Learn more about salivary gland extirpation and how it can benefit your patients.

Urethral obstruction is a serious condition that affects many cats.  While medical management is usually successful, it is expensive, and financial limitations commonly preclude multiple hospitalizations for repeat offenders.  Perineal urethrostomy is a highly effective strategy for preventing repeat occurrences, and outcomes are generally favorable when the procedure is performed correctly.  Learn more about this life saving surgical option for an important feline condition.

Perineal hernia is a common condition in middle aged to older intact male dogs.  This condition can result in serious complications, most commonly constipation / obstipation.  Herniation of the bladder can cause urinary tract obstruction, and herniation of small intestine has the potential to result in bowel strangulation.  Surgical correction of this condition generally requires reconstruction of the perineal wall due to severe atrophy of the normal anatomical structures.  Learn more about how this condition can be corrected.

Spaying and neutering pets is ubiquitous, and for good reason.  But there is growing scientific support, as well as public demand, for gonad sparing sterilization.  Learn more about hysterectomies and vasectomies in dogs and cats.