Vermont Veterinary Surgery Center Services
The Vermont Veterinary Surgical Center offers a full range of surgical services. With many years of experience in handling complex surgical cases, the staff at the Center is highly qualified to address challenging cases in a comforting and compassionate environment. Some of the more common services provided are as follows:
Orthopedic Surgery
Long-term experience in both diagnosing and treating orthopedic conditions in dogs and cats, combined with our state of the art equipment and comprehensive inventory of orthopedic implants, ensures that we can offer the most beneficial type of repair.
Stifle joint conditions
- Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO)
- Luxating patellas
- Stem Cell Therapy

Hip Dysplasia
- Triple Pelvic Osteotomy (TPO)
- Total hip replacement (THR)
- Femoral Head and Neck Excision (FHNE)
- PennHip and OFA evaluations for hip dysplasia
- Juvenile Pubic Symphodesis (JPS)

Fracture Repair
- External fixator and hybrid fixation systems
- A complete inventory of fixation implants to accommodate all types of fractures

Arthroscopy
- Shoulder (OCD)
- Elbow (FCP, OCD)
- Stifle (Cranial cruciate and meniscal injuries)
- Tarsus (OCD)

Angular limb correction
Soft Tissue Surgery
Many of the soft tissue procedures that are performed are facilitated by the extensive use of stapling equipment.
Gastrointestinal
- PEG tube placement for enteral feeding
Thoracic surgery

Urogenital
- Endoscopic assisted cystotomy
Oncological surgery
- Tumor removal
- Amputation
- Limb sparing surgery
Reconstructive surgery
- Stenotic nares
- Skin grafting
Laparoscopy/Thoracoscopy
Other
- Laryngeal paralysis
Neurosurgery
- Stabilization of spinal fractures
- Decompression surgery for intervertebral disk disease
- Excision of spinal tumors
Myelography

Dental Procedures
- Exodontics
- Endodontics
- Selective orthodontics

Emergency Surgery
- Gastric dilatation and volvulus
- Gastric foreign bodies
- Intestinal obstructions
- Traumatic wounds and injuries
- Foreign body retrieval via non-invasive flexible endoscopy
Blood Products
For veterinarians, the Vermont Veterinary Surgical Center has available a supply of canine blood products. On premise canine blood typing is available for the veterinarian’s convenience.
- Packed Red Blood Cells(PRBC)
- Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP)
