Animal Medical Center of Seattle

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