What is a mobile surgery service

When the news is given to you from your local vet that your pet needs advanced surgery, the news is not the easiest to absorb.

As a vet and as a pet owner, when you have a sick pet with a complicated condition, you want to make sure they receive the best possible surgical care. But you also want to make sure the surgery is affordable, as well as ensure that you are providing your pet with the best experience.

CityU Veterinary Medical Centre is proud to work with our local and referring vets to provide a mobile surgery service, where our surgical experts will come out to your local clinic to operate on your pet.

 

Benefits for Pet owners

By bringing our CityU Veterinary Medical Centre Surgical Team to your local vet to perform the advanced surgery procedure, there are several benefits for your pet:

• Affordable referral surgery
  Having your pet operated by our mobile surgeons at your local family vet clinic will ensure that the total surgery and treatment costs will be more affordable compared to a full referral surgery at a specialist centre.

• Familiar Environment
  We can ensure that your pet gets the operation he or she requires in the familiar setting of your local family vet, an environment that they have grown accustomed to visiting and feeling safe.

• Continuity of care with your trusted GP
  By having the operation done at your local vet clinic, we work closely with your local family vet through the whole surgery process, from pre-operative planning, the operation itself and the post-surgery after care. Our surgeons pride ourselves not just in our advanced technical capabilities, but in our communication and partnerships that we foster with our veterinary colleagues.

• Logistics of travel eliminated
  Having our mobile surgical team work with your local family vet saves you from having to travel to a referral centre to have your pet’s surgery performed. In addition, many pets will need follow ups, most of which can be performed at your local vet clinic.

 

What we can operate on

Our surgeons perform a range of complex surgery procedures. Here is a list of some of the procedures that we can perform:

Orthopaedic Procedures procedures like:

• Angular limb deformity
• Amputations
• Arthrodesis
• Corkscrew tail
• Cranial cruciate ligament surgery (TPLO, DeAngelis Lateral Suture)
• Elbow including CUE, PAUL, and arthroscopy
• Fractures
• Hemipelvectomy
• Joint surgery
• Ligament and tendon repairs
  • Achilles repair
  • Biceps and infraspinatus tendon
  • Medial shoulder instability
  • Supraspinatus tendinopathy
• Luxation of joints
  • Elbow
  • Hip toggle
  • Hock (ankle)
• Orofacial surgery
  • Mandibulectomy
  • Maxillectomy
• Patella luxation
• Pelvic
  • Double/triple pelvic osteotomy
  • Femoral head ostectomy
  • Juvenile pubic symphsiodesis

And Soft tissue procedures like:

• Abdominal
• Airway surgery
• Anal sacculectomy
• Ear surgery
• Episiotomy
• Hernia repair
• Lymph node excision
• Mass removals
• Pharyngeal repair
• Sialocele/mucocele removal
• Thoracic/thoracotomy
• Thyroidectomy/parathyroidectomy
• Urethrostomy

If the required operation is not on the above list, please contact our surgeons to discuss whether it can be performed with you.

Please note that some procedures, namely ones that require careful intensive care unit recovery and monitoring, will not be able to be performed in the clinic. Our surgeons will inform you as to whether or not they can perform the specific procedure after a discussion and consultation.

 

How to have organised

If you pet has been diagnosed with a condition that needs major surgery and referral, have a discussion with your family doctor and ask if this option is feasible.

Alternatively, please email us at ortho@cityuvmc.com.hk for more information or call us at 3650 3299, and our team will provide you with more information.