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Soft Tissue Surgery
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Gladstone Veterinary Clinic
Guide to Soft Tissue Surgery:
Expertise and Care for Your Pet's Health
Our veterinarians’ high level of expertise and our practice’s fully equipped surgical suite allows us to perform the vast majority of soft tissue surgical procedures that your pet may require. Soft tissue surgery encompasses any surgery that is not related to bones.
It includes procedures such as:
- Desexing
- Exploratory Laparotomies
- Caesareans
- Lump Removals
- Biopsies
- Wound stitch-ups
- Removal of intestinal foreign bodies
….the list is endless!
Understanding Lump Removal Surgery:
Importance of Early Diagnosis and Treatment
A very common soft tissue surgery is the removal of lumps. Some lumps may require a biopsy prior to removal to help understand whether they are cancerous or not. This information assists us in planning the surgery accordingly to give your pet the best possible outcome. Once they have been removed we recommend sending them to our external laboratory for analysis.
Although most lumps are benign (not harmful), a minority are more serious (malignant). In the case of malignant (cancerous) tumours, early removal and an accurate diagnosis is extremely important to maximise the chances of a good outcome. – create a title for this page