Soft Tissue Surgery: Expertise You Can Trust
AMVS is home to a Specialist-led Soft Tissue Surgery team – complex is our everyday when providing treatment to hundreds of new patients a year.
Harnessing our multidisciplinary Specialist team with exceptional capability and experience, AMVS is uniquely positioned to diagnose and treat patients with complex soft tissue problems, achieving the best possible clinical outcomes for patients with a wide range of surgical conditions, including liver shunts, Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS), laryngeal paralysis, and both thoracic and abdominal pathology.
Using minimally invasive surgical techniques, our specialist-led team perform various keyhole surgery procedures, offering patients improved recovery times and shorter hospital stays.
With direct access to our Intensive Care Unit, patients are supported by our dedicated team of Nurses, in-house Veterinary Physiotherapists, and clinical support staff 24 hours a day, every day of the year, providing the best possible patient care.
What to expect if referred to the Soft Tissue Service at AMVS?
Each visit will start with a detailed consultation, careful examination of the patient and an in-depth discussion about the findings and the plans for further investigation and treatment. AMVS has access to state-of-the art diagnostic imaging facilities including ultrasonography, digital radiography, CT scanning and MRI scanning.
What are the most common conditions seen by the Soft Tissue team?
The Soft Tissue Surgery team deals with a very wide range of conditions in both dogs and cats, mainly concerning the head and neck, respiratory tract (airway), chest and abdomen. Surgical management of cancer is also commonly performed.
Common conditions include:
- Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) : Total Ear Canal Ablation (TECA) and bulla osteotomy, Brachycephalic Airway Syndrome (BOAS), laryngeal paralysis and tracheal collapse
- Urogenital: Congenital and acquired urinary incontinence, prostatic disease and cryptorchidism
- Oncological: Both hard and soft tissue tumours (cancers) including mast cell tumour, soft tissue sarcomas and oral tumours
- Gastrointestinal: Oesophageal foreign body removal, subtotal colectomy, colorectal surgery
- Wound management and reconstruction: Local/distant skin flaps and free skin grafting
- Vascular: Portosystemic shunts (abnormal blood vessels by-passing the liver)
- Cardiothoracic: Congenital cardiac defects, pericardiectomy, lung lobectomy, thymectomy,
pyothorax and chylothorax - Endocrine surgery: Thyroidectomy and adrenalectomy
- Hernia/rupture surgery: Perineal hernia, diaphragmatic rupture and pericardioperitoneal diaphragmatic hernia.
Many soft tissue surgical patients require intensive nursing and support from our Internal Medicine and Anaesthesia teams. At AMVS we provide a multi-disciplinary approach to the care of all patients, our Soft Tissue team works closely with our dedicated Nursing team and Specialists across all disciplines, enabling us to optimise the care and outcome for each patient.
What Facilities are Available at AMVS?
What Facilities are Available at AMVS?Our operating theatres are equipped and managed to the highest of standards, enabling our Surgeons to provide the best chance of a good outcome for their patients. AMVS has the most advanced surgical instrumentation, enabling our team to perform all procedures necessary, including minimally invasive surgery (keyhole surgery). Our Specialist-led team are supported by a highly trained and caring team of Veterinary Nurses who play a critical role in rehabilitating patients following surgery.
Fixed Price Packages
To support our patients, clients and referring vets in achieving the best possible diagnosis and treatment plan we now offer fixed price packages for a range of Soft Tissue procedures to ensure a smooth referral process.
Anderson Moores’ fixed price packages support in making Specialist-led veterinary care accessible when it is needed most.
| BOAS Surgery, excluding CT |
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£4,775 |
| BOAS Surgery including CT and Endoscopy | £6,550 | |
| Laryngeal Tieback | £4,775 | |
| Laparoscopic ovariectomy | £1,030 | |
| Total Ear Canal Ablation LBO Unilateral | £4,775 | |
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Total Ear Canal Ablation LBO Unilateral (Includes CT) |
£5,860 | |
| Total Ear Canal Ablation LBO Bilateral | £6,675 | |
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Total Ear Canal Ablation LBO Bilateral (Includes CT) |
£7,595 |
Information sheets
- Urethral obstruction due to Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD)
- Ear disease
- Urinary incontinence
- Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome
- Perineal hernia
- Laryngeal paralysis
- Ureteral obstruction
- Laparoscopic Spay
- Cancer surgery
- Ear surgery
- Gall bladder mucocoele in dogs
- Minimally invasive surgery for single congenital intrahepatic shunts
- Wound management
