Soft Tissue
Our veterinarians have a high level of expertise and our practice is fully equipped with a surgical suite, allowing us to perform the vast majority of soft tissue surgical procedures that your pet may require. Soft tissue surgery encompasses any surgery that is not related to bones. It includes procedures such as desexing, exploratory laporotomies, caesareans, lump removals, biopsies, wound stitch-ups, removal of intestinal foreign bodies - the list is endless!
(Please see our section under desexing for more details about this surgery.)
A very common soft tissue surgery is the removal of lumps. Some lumps may require an FNA (fine needle aspirate) or biopsy prior to removal to help understand whether they are cancerous or not. This information assists us in planning the surgery accordingly to give your pet the best possible outcome. Once they have been removed, we strongly recommend sending them to our external laboratory for analysis, where a veterinary pathologist will look at the cells under a microscope.
Although most lumps are benign (not harmful), a minority can be more serious (cancerous). In the case of malignant (cancerous) tumours, early removal and an accurate diagnosis is extremely important to maximise the chances of a good outcome.
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