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Animal Medical Center of Seattle

Surgery

Veterinarian performing surgery

The Animal Medical Center of Seattle’s veterinary surgical service covers soft tissue and orthopedic surgery. We utilize advanced, cutting-edge, and minimally invasive options, with a wide array of procedures from oncologic to orthopedic surgery. Our surgeons are trained in advanced surgical techniques and can treat some of the most complicated surgical cases.

Procedures Offered

Soft Tissue Surgery

  • Salivary mucoele, total ear canal ablation and lateral bulla osteotomy, ventral bulla osteotomy 

  • Abdominal 

  • Gastrointestinal: foreign body retrieval, intestinal resection and anastomosis, full-thickness intestinal biopsies, mass removal, pyloroplasty, subtotal colectomy in cats 

  • Hepatobiliary: cholecystectomy, biliary diversion, liver biopsy or mass removal 

  • Urinary: cystotomy, partial cystectomy, urinary bladder repair, nephrectomy, SUB (subcutaneous ureteral bypass) 

  • Hernia repair: diaphragmatic, peritoneopericardial hiatal, inguinal, traumatic abdominal 

  • Splenectomy 

  • Airway 

  • Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS): stenotic nares, elongated soft palpate, everted laryngeal saccule 

  • Laryngeal paralysis: arytenoid lateralization 

  • Laryngeal collapse 

  • Thoracic 

  • Lung lobectomy or partial lobectomy, pericardectomy, mediastinal mass removal 

  • Oncologic 

  • Digit or limb amputation, mastectomy, mass excision and reconstruction, skin flap, rotational flap, bone or lymph node biopsy 

  • Urinary 

  • Lower urinary tract: perineal urethrostomy in cats, scrotal urethrostomy in dogs, urethral trauma management, urethral prolapse, vaginal prolapse 

  • Perineal: anal sacculectomy, perineal hernia repair, rectal mass excision, rectal pull through, vulvoplasty 

  • Wound management 

Orthopedic Surgery

  • Stifle: Cranial cruciate ligament injury treatment with TPLO (tibial plateau leveling osteotomy) or lateral fabellotibial suture repair, patellar luxation correction 

  • Hip: Femoral head & neck ostectomy, coxofemoral luxation repair 

  • Shoulder: Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) removal 

  • Elbow: Fragmented Medial Coronoid Process (FMCP or FCP) or Ununited Anconeal Process (UAP) excision 

  • Fracture or luxation repair 

  • Joint fusion (arthrodesis) 

  • Ligament and tendon repair 

Emergency Surgery

  • C-Arm

  • Minimally Invasive Surgery 

Our Surgical Team