When Your Pet Needs Surgery

At Bryant Drive Animal Hospital in Tuscaloosa, AL, we do all we can to minimize health risks to your pet and keep your furry friend in optimal health. Our veterinarian: Dr. Harold Threadgill does this through regularly scheduled exams, a full course of vaccines and other preventative care. 

Nonetheless, emergencies can arise. Pets can get injured or taken seriously ill. And the time can arise when a pet surgery is unavoidable. Also, consider such worthwhile scheduled surgeries as pet spaying and neutering.

Let’s take a closer look at the various reasons your pet might require surgery and what you can expect from your Confederate Ridge veterinarians and their skilled technicians and support staff.

Types of Pet Surgery

As mentioned, your pet surgical needs might range from scheduled spaying or neutering to emergency treatment of injury or sudden illness.

Since your animal can’t communicate like a human, we sometimes must undertake an exploratory surgery so we can see what’s going on to cause pain, appetite loss or other dysfunction.

Depending on the condition being treated and other factors, laser surgery is sometimes the best response. When that’s the case, we might recommend Class IV laser therapy for less pain and swelling and to speed up the recovery time. Dr. Harold Threadgill and our technicians have a significant level of experience and expertise with this surgical innovation.

There are other times when we recognize the need for a veterinarian specialist. When that’s the case, we’ll make sure you fully comprehend the issues involved and will then make a referral to specialists with whom we’ve likely worked in the past.

The Byrant Drive Animal Hospital Response

We understand how surgery might cause about as much stress to you as it can to your pet! That’s why we always start by carefully explaining why surgery is needed, what we hope to accomplish and what the recovery process will be like for your beloved pet.

We’ll answer all of your questions and make sure you’re fully assured of the need. Then we’ll make each of the following steps to protect the health and well-being of your pet and make the surgery as safe as possible.

• Perform blood tests before anesthesia is administered, so we fully understand your pet
• Administer a sedative before surgery to minimize your pet’s stress level
• Electronically monitor your pet’s ECG, blood pressure, CO2 and ETCO2 levels, pulse oximetry levels and body temp throughout the course of the procedure
• Use Sevoflurane, the safest anesthetic gas on the market for both human and animal patients -- for every patient we see, not only high-risk pets
• Provide pre- and post-op pain meds as your pet needs them

Trust Us With All of Your Pet Surgery Needs

You can depend on Byrant Drive Animal Hospital for your pet’s surgeries and all other health and wellness concerns.

Simply call us to schedule an appointment at 205-758-5520.