Veterinary Soft Tissue Surgery
Veterinary soft tissue surgery encompasses a wide range of surgical procedures involving internal organs, the body wall, masses or tumors, and hernias or defects. In other words, these procedures include everything not related to bones, joints, muscles, or the neurologic system. Dr. Oshin has specialized training and experience and is fluent in the use of state-of-the-art technology necessary to provide these services.
Common veterinary soft tissue surgery conditions seen, and treatment options offered by Dr. Oshin include:
- Emergency surgeries related to internal bleeding, intestinal obstructions, bloats, and bite wounds.
- Abdominal and gastrointestinal surgery – surgeries for various conditions of the spleen, liver, pancreas, adrenal glands, other internal organs, and body wall hernias. These include septic peritonitis, gastrointestinal foreign body removal, colorectal surgery, masses of the spleen, liver biopsies, liver lobectomies, common bile duct obstruction, gall bladder mucoceles, portosystemic shunt attenuation, adrenalectomy, pancreatic tumors, tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, and diaphragmatic hernias
- Cardiothoracic (Heart and Lungs) procedures such as lung lobectomy, thoracic duct ligation, pericardiectomy, patent ductus arteriosus ligation, thymoma removal, persistent right aortic arch (PRAA) surgery, and tracheal stent placement.
- Urogenital surgery for problems within the kidneys, ureters, bladder, or urethra, such as stent placement, urinary stone removal, bladder tumor removal, urethrostomy, ectopic ureter ablation, urethral stenting for urethral or bladder neck cancer, prostatic surgery, orchiectomy, cryptorchidectomy, and ovariohysterectomy.
- Hepatobiliary surgery on the liver and gall bladder such as liver lobectomy, gall bladder removal (cholecystectomy) common bile duct stenting, and gall bladder rerouting.
- Reconstructive surgery for tumors, wounds such as skin flaps, asking grafts, screw tail removal, and skin fold removal.
- Ear surgery such as hematoma removal, total ear canal ablation with lateral bulla osteotomy, ventral bulla osteotomy
- Perineal surgery of areas under the tail and around the anus including perineal hernias, colonic or rectal tumors, and anal sac removal.
- Head and neck surgery involving the nose, larynx, thyroid, esophagus, and other structures around the head and neck such as esophageal foreign body removal, surgery for brachycephalic airway obstruction (Rhinoplasty, elongated soft palate resection, everted laryngeal saccule resection), cleft palate, mandibulectomy, maxillectomy, glossectomy, thyroid tumors, laryngeal paralysis, tracheostomy, and salivary gland surgery.
- Mass removals
- Minimally invasive techniques including laparoscopic gastropexy, ovariectomy, cryptorchidectomy, liver biopsy, and thoracoscopic pericardiectomy.
Dr. Oshin offers veterinary soft tissue surgery consultations to his clients to provide a definitive diagnosis and treatment plan, both surgical and non-surgical, for their pets.