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Surgery

Dr. Jones is an extremely experienced and competent soft-tissue surgeon.  His 10 years of experience with shelter medicine and in general practice has focused sharpened his surgical acumen and abilities to include many advanced procedures.   Dr. Jones offers a limited amount of orthopedic surgeries but plans to expand his abilities in that facet of veterinary surgery moving forward.  

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There would be no modern surgery without general anesthesia and so they generally go hand in hand.  No level of anesthesia is 100% risk free and VIP promises to do everything in our power to mitigate those risks to an extremely low level.  Every patient undergoing general anesthesia and/or surgery at VIP is guaranteed to have comprehensive anesthesia monitoring and vital signs measurements and management.   This includes:

  • A pre-anesthesthetic physical exam​

  • Constant supervision by one of our Veterinary Nurses

    • ​Application of our Vital Signs Monitor that constantly measures:

      • ​Blood oxygen saturation measurement

      • ​​​How much oxygen is in the blood, normal levels are 90-100%​

    • ​​Electrocardiogram or ECG​

      • The electrical tracing measuring heart rate, rhythm, and electrical conductivity​

    • Blood Pressure​

    • Core Body Temperature

      • Keeping core body temperature in the normal range of 99-102.5 is critical for the safest anesthetic and recovery experience. 

      • We provide intraoperative patient warming by a circulating heated water blanket as well as traditional heating blankets.​

    • Respiration and Apnea monitor​

      • A small device that alerts with every breath for continuous monitoring of normal, rhythmic breathing.​​

      • Normal, rhythmic breathing is a continuous indicator that the "plane" of general anesthesia is neither too light nor too deep.

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In recognition of our commitment to providing excellent medicine and to reduce the pain and suffering of all of our patients undergoing any surgical or invasive procedure, VIP is proud to provide excellent pain control medications before, during, and after all surgical or invasive procedures.  Each of these medication are calculated individually with your pet's needs in mind and they all have different mechanisms of action in the way they provide pain control during their surgical experience.

 

VIP strongly believes take-home pain medications after painful procedures are an essential component in our commitment to providing a more comfortable, speedy recovery and to reduce post-operative complications for our patients. Therefore, we have a mandatory requirement that all patients undergoing surgery at VIP are prescribed take-home pain medications. Take-home pain medications are inexpensive and invaluable to your pet's overall surgical experience. Generally, most postoperative pain control medications are prescribed to for 3-4 days after the procedure, but maybe prescribed for a longer period of time depending on the intensity of postoperative pain.   

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VIP also believes each and every pet should have a preanesthetic panel of blood work before general anesthesia or heavy sedation.  A preanesthetic panel of bloodwork is the gold standard in regards to preparing for the safest anesthetic experience for your pet.  We recommend 100% of VIP patients have preanesthetic blood work before general anesthesia or heavy sedation.  However, patients that have had bloodwork with normal results, in the previous 3 months do not need to repeat blood work.  Our Golden Years Comprehensive Senior blood profile is recommended for senior pets (generally our pet's senior years start around 7-9 years of age depending on species and breed). 

 

Despite our firm belief in its advantages, pre-anesthetic bloodwork for routine/elective procedures is not mandatory at this time. 

Pain Control Commitment

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Ovariohysterectomy and Orchidectomy AKA Spay and Neuter

These procedures are by far the most common procedure performed by Dr. Jones.  No matter big or small, young or old, thick or thin, Dr. Jones' will be able to quickly and efficiently spay or neuter your furry companions.   We highly recommend all spays and neuters be performed with our RadioSurgical Scalpel Blade to precisely incise and cauterize the incision to reduce post-operative pain, irritation, inflammation, and swelling.   The RadioSurgical Scalpel allows Dr. Jones to complete procedures more accurately, efficiently, and promptly providing your pet the cutting-edge surgical experience they deserve. (no pun intended)

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Prophylactic Gastropexy

Unfortunately, a rare but regularly seen disease known as Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus (GDV) or "bloat and stomach flipping" is seen mostly in large breed dogs with deep chests like standard poodles, Great Danes, German Shepherds, Weimaraner, and Labrador Retrievers, etc.  This condition is invariably fatal and pets can very rapidly turn from completely normal to mortally ill in just a few hours.  Therefore, VIP recommends all affected breeds have a "prophylactic gastropexy" procedure performed during your pet's spay/neuter procedure or anytime if your pet has already been spayed or neutered or is not being spayed or neutered. 

 

During this procedure, Dr. Jones delicately attaches the stomach to the body wall with sutures and this attachment eventually forms a scar, greatly reducing the chances your pet's stomach FLIPS during a bloating incident.  This procedure does not prevent bloating, just volvulus (flipping) which is the most dangerous part of the disease process in the short term.  

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This procedure and the scar that has formed, has been known to very rarely fail, resulting in full GDV episodes.  However, this procedure is still highly recommended and extremely effective at preventing life-threatening GDV episodes. 

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Brachycephalic Airway Surgery

Many of our companion pets like English Bulldogs, French Bulldogs, Pugs, Shih Tzus, and Boxers are all considered Brachiocephalic Breeds, or "smushed face breeds". 

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This characteristic is undeniably desirable in the visual appearance of these breeds but it also causes a collection of problems that are lumped into the condition called Brachycephalic Airway Syndrome. 

 

This condition is defined by one or all of the following anatomical conditions: a hypoplastic trachea (small and narrow) , stenotic nares or "narrow nostrils", and an elongated soft-palate.  All three combined cause the classic upper airway noises associated with these breeds.   Any of those problems on their own is a concern but having all three can be life threatening.  

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VIP is proud to offer a surgical solution to widen the stenotic nares and reduce the length of the abnormally long and thickened soft palate, thus widening the airway allowing your pet to breathe more freely and with less effort and resistance.  Historically these procedures were an advanced, referral procedure but with the help of the radiocautery surgical scalpel, Dr. Jones can quickly and safely widen your pet's nares and remove the excessive tissue from the soft palate.  

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Most owners cannot believe the difference this surgery makes in their pet after they have healed and recovered.  If your pet bull dog or frenchie has lots of upper respiratory noise, unable to excercise or run without getting winded or over-heated, or snores all the time when sleeping, schedule a consultation with Dr. Jones and he can see if this procedure would benefit your animal. 

Mass Removals

Known as "lumpectomies," Dr. Jones is able to remove any number or type of skin and subcutaneous growths, masses, tumors, cancers, etc. with gentle tissue handling and quality surgical skills.  Our RadioSurgical Scalpel allows quick and greatly reduces or completely eliminates hemorrhage from capillaries or small blood vessels. Using the RadioSurgical Scalpel for incisions helps lessen pain and inflammation after surgery, facilitates quicker procedure times, reducing the time spent under general anesthesia, equalling an the experience your pet deserves while in our care.  

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Soft-Tissue Surgical Procedures

  • Eye

    • Eyelid mass removal​

    • Prolapsed gland of the 3rd eyelid "Cherry Eye"

    • Entropion/Ectropion

    • Eyelash disorders

    • Enucleation (surgical removal of the eye)

    • Grid Keratotomy for chronic corneal ulcers

  • Ear​

    • Pinna injury

    • Aural polyps/nasopharyngeal polyps

    • Total Ear Canal Ablation

    • Bulla Osteotomy

  • Facial​

    • Salivary gland excision/removal/drainage​

    • Masses

    • Nares resection (opening of nostrils)

    • Oronasal fistula

  • General

    • Anal Sacculectomy​

      • Surgical removal of anal glands/anal sacs​

    • Trauma/acute wound repair​

    • Chronic wound management

    • Thyroidectomy​

    • RadioSurgical Scalpel onychectomy (Declaw) 

Abdominal Surgeries

  • Foreign body removal

    • Stomach, Small/Large Intestine​

  • Obstructions

    • Resection and Anastomosis​​​

  • Splenectomy

  • Bladder stones/masses

  • Liver Lobectomy

  • Abdominal Mass removal

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