Surgical Services

Surgical Services

Our Ajax Vet Hospital provides many surgical services at our clinic, ranging from routine to advanced procedures. Because we want to ensure that our patients receive the best possible outcome, we occasionally refer them to specialists (board-certified veterinary surgeons) to perform complex operations when advanced equipment or training will be beneficial. Our veterinary team will take precautions to ensure that your pet receives a safe anesthetic. We perform a physical exam and preanesthetic testing before surgery, monitor your pet during surgery, and provide pain medication during recovery.

-Soft Tissue Surgery

We are often called upon to perform soft tissue surgeries involving the gastrointestinal and urogenital systems as well as skin, ears and eyes. For special occasions we call board certified veterinary surgeons who come to us or who accept referrals to their own clinics.

-Orthopedic Surgery

Orthopedic surgery means operations on the bones, joints and muscles.Most commonly we repair torn ligaments and broken (fractured) bones.

-Fracture Repair

Fractures are much less common in our practice than they were ten years ago. We see much less car accidents which was the cause of most of the broken bones.
Fractures require frequently a surgical repair in animals since casts don not immobilize the leg as well as in people. The different shape of animal legs causes most casts to slip off and bones above the elbow and knee joint cannot be bandaged successfully.
The treatment of choice in fractured bones is therefore the surgical stabilization of the fragments with the use of metal implants, screws, plates and pins. This is a very specialized field within veterinary surgery and we call in specially trained surgeons who perform these surgeries on our premises.