Soft Tissue Surgery

The Paragon Veterinary Group provides a referral service for soft tissue surgery cases headed by Gary Lewin who has post graduate qualifications in small animal surgery.  Cases are referred to us from practices throughout the north of England and south of Scotland for treatment.

If you have a pet which you think may require specialist surgery, discuss this with your own Veterinary Surgeon who will advise referral if appropriate.

We accept referrals for the following conditions:-

• Laryngeal paralysis
• Salivary mucocoele
• Chronic ear infections
• Intrathoracic lesions such as lung lobe abscessation and oesophageal foreign bodies
• Perineal hernias
• Urethral obstructions
• Ectopic ureters

The following illustrations are examples of the types of surgical cases we treat:-

 

Gastroenteric foreign body

Animals may eat linear foreign bodies such as string and they will often pass through the intestines without incident, but if one end of the string becomes trapped at, for example, round the tongue or in the stomach, then the intestines will concertina up along the string and it will cause an obstruction.

This is a radiograph of a cat which has just swallowed a string bag which had become lodged in the stomach and the end of the bag had caused the intestines to become bunched up as indicated by the arrows on the x-ray.

      

The string bag has been removed by incising the intestines and the stomach at various sites.

This is the appearance of the intestines at surgery and they can be seen to be inflamed and concertinaed.

 

 

Salivary Mucocoele

Injury to one of the salivary glands can cause saliva to collect under the skin. To treat this condition the entire salivary gland needs to be removed to prevent further leakage of saliva.  

The skin overlying the throat behind the jaw is swollen due to the accumulation of saliva.

The gland is being removed in its entirety and the patient made an uneventful recovery from surgery.

The salivary gland is being dissected away to reveal the damaged portion of the gland.