The Surgeons at Veterinary Referral Center perform a wide variety of soft tissue surgical procedure to meet you and your pet’s needs. Staying up to date on the most effective surgical techniques and utilizing state of the art equipment is our priority to maximize surgical success. Doctors and our highly specialized anesthesia nurses monitor your pet closely during the entire procedure with intensive monitoring including blood pressure, heart rate, and oxygenation status.
Postoperatively, we take great care to minimize pain to maximize your pet’s surgical outcome. We employ novel pain management techniques to make sure that your pet is comfortable and focus on compassionate surgical patient care with our nursing staff. We encourage visiting as often as you like, and we make sure you can get updates on your pet’s status with either a treatment nurse or a doctor 24 hours a day.
For all your pet’s needs, we offer:
Abdominal procedures
•Foreign body retrieval, Splenectomy, GDV, Liver lobectomy, Gall bladder surgery, Pancreatic surgery, Kidney surgery, Colon surgery, Adrenalectomy
Upper Airway surgery
•Laryngeal Paralysis, Elongated soft palate excision, Nares reconstruction
Tracheal Stenting
Skin and Reconstructive procedures
•Skin Grafts, Vacuum assisted wound closure, Declaw, High Tail amputation, Lip Fold excision
Surgical Oncology
•Tumor removal and staging
Urogenital procedures
•Bladder surgery, Urethrostomy, Pyometra, Caesarean Section, Scrotal ablation, Urethral prolapse, Spay/Neuter
Head and Neck surgery
•Salivary mucocoele, Tonsillectomy, Ear surgery, Parathyroid tumor excision, Mandibulectomy
Hernia repair
•Diaphragmatic, Perineal, Inguinal, Hiatal
The Soft Tissue Surgery service at VRC is headed by Jana Norris, DVM, DACVS.