Precision & Compassion: Expert Pet Surgery for Sandy Bay Tasmania, or Surrounding Areas

Orthopaedic Surgery

Fracture repair and correction of luxation (displacement of joint surfaces from their normal alignment)

Repair of Soft Tissues Such as Hernias & Ruptures

A common hernia is an umbilical hernia in young animals; fat or abdominal organs protrude through an opening in the abdominal wall, forming a small bump under the skin. Ruptures occur when normal tissue is torn or degenerates, creating an opening that displaces body organs outside their normal position. Hernias such as diaphragmatic hernias can be traumatic following motor vehicle accidents.

Abscesses

Fighting cats can sustain a bite injury and often develop an abscesses at the bite site. The site is often around the head, very swollen and painful and becomes visible about 24 hours after the fight. Surgery is needed to open and flush the infected area and insert a drain to allow the wound to heal.

Lumps & Bumps

There are many types of growths on and under the skin that can be removed or treated with surgery or herbal medicines to slow down and reverse their growth.

Respiratory Surgery

Some animals are born with deformities to their respiratory tract that can be corrected with surgery, such as a cleft palate or reduced openings in the nose, making breathing difficult.

Abdominal Surgery

May be required for diseases/illnesses of the stomach or small and large intestines. Often, surgery is required to remove foreign bodies from the intestinal tract. Certain diseases/tumours/trauma of the liver and spleen may require surgery to remove part of or all (in splenic torsion/gastric torsion/tumour) organs.

Urinary Tract

Blockages to the urinary tract are an emergency and need to be treated immediately – catheters need to be placed, the obstruction flushed out, and surgery may be required to remove bladder or kidney stones.

Reproductive Surgery

Mainly involving desexing animals or caesarean sections. If bitches are left entire, a life-threatening issue called pyometra can occur where the uterus fills with toxic pus and will need emergency removal.

Eye & Eye-lid Surgery

Eye surgery may involve removing or freezing growths on the eyelid, repositioning the third eyelid, and correcting the eyelid margin that may be either rolling inwards or outwards (entropion or ectropion), causing irritation to the eye's surface.

Cherry eye - proptosis of the third eyelid gland is replaced and sutured to correct this.

Dr. David Boersma is experienced in performing keratectomy and entropion repair surgeries.

Ear Surgery

May involve repair of trauma to the ear, removal of growths or foreign bodies, draining and repair for a haematoma. The laser can be used to help the ear heal in cases of chronic inflammation or otitis externa.

Include more about eye surgery like Replacement of prolapsed third eyelid glands (cherry eye), keratectomy surgery. 

Ear Surgery

This may involve the repair of trauma to the ear, removal of growths or foreign bodies, draining and repair for a haematoma. The laser can be used to help the ear heal in cases of chronic inflammation or otitis externa.

Desexing

Depending on the breed, we recommend desexing your dog at 6 months of age, however it may be preferrable for large breeds to be desexed at 1+ year’s.

Ovary Sparing Surgery 

This is a procedure where the female dogs uterus and both ovaries are removed from the abdomen but a single ovary is reimplanted under the skin to supply a low level of hormone. Females may still experience heat cycles in approx. 6-8% of cases. The hormone helps prevent bladder incontinence and helps maintain ligament integrity.

Radiology

Our x-ray machine and ultrasound are not advanced. Maybe this could be reworded to something like “we perform imaging such as x-rays and ultrasounds frequently and Dr. David Boersma is highly experienced in interpreting these findings.