Emergent, urgent, and advanced surgical and dental care for Hampton Roads

ALL PATIENTS

ANESTHESIA

  • Individualized anesthetic protocols for every patient

  • Heart safe anesthetic protocols for all patients with a heart murmur or other concern for the possibility of cardiac disease

  • Protocols for patients with comorbidities - kidney disease, Cushings, diabetes, seizures, etc

  • Premedication starts at home - meaning that even aggressive or high anxiety patients can receive care in the most stress free way possible

  • Dedicated licensed nurse and assistant for your pet and for you

  • The opportunity to talk with your veterinarian and your pets dedicated care team.

ANALGESIA

  • Multi-modal pain control for every patients means we that we can combine different pain medications and their different properties to achieve complete pain control to speed recovery and improve outcomes.

  • Research has repeatedly shown that appropriate pain control speeds and improves healing, decreases complications, and improves the outcome of surgical procedures - including patient recovery and owner perception.

  • Multi-modal analgesia during surgical procedures decreases anesthetic requirements, increasing safety and decreasing anesthesia related complications

  • Post operative pain control combined with recommended confinement drastically decreases post operative complications and improves recovery

Soft Tissue Surgery

Emergent/Urgent Surgery

  • Gastric Dilation and Volvulus (GDV or ‘Bloat’)

  • Foreign body obstructions

  • Cystotomies

  • Septic abdomens (gastric or intestinal perforations, mass necrosis)

  • Enucleations

  • Splenectomy (Hemoabdomen Exploratory)

  • Amputations

  • Uroabdomen (Nephrectomy, cystectomy, bladder repair, etc)

Advanced Soft Tissue Surgery*

  • Perineal and scrotal urethrostomies

  • Liver lobectomies

  • Anal sacculectomies

  • Large mass removals, mass removals from limbs

  • Caudectomies (tail amputations, including for screw tail)

  • Entropion Repair, Ectropion repair, ‘Cherry eye’ replacement

  • Thoracotomies incl. lung lobectomy, PDA ligation, pericardectomy

  • Cholecystectomy

If you don’t see the procedure listed - call or email

*Advanced procedures include a disclaimer AND thorough client education on gold standard treatment including care by a board certified or residency trained veterinary surgeon.
Continued care at an overnight or, if warranted, 24 hour veterinary facility will be recommended when warranted. At this time overnight monitoring is not available

TPLO procedures are not offered nor is extracapsular CCLR repair BUT certain fractures, FHOs on small patients, and some MPL corrections can be accommodated

Advanced Dental Care

*ALL dental patients have full mouth radiographs at the start of the procedure and following extractions as well as full mouth dental blocks for pain control*

  • Full mouth extractions: stomatitis cats, CUPS patients, severe periodontal disease with comorbidities (heart disesase/murmurs, kidney disease)

  • Mandibular fracture repairs including mandibular symphysis laxity: wiring techniques as well as modified labial button technique for caudal fractures

  • TMJ luxations - reduction of the luxation and stabilization when necessary

  • Oral masses: evaluation, biopsy acquisition, debulking

  • Complicated anesthetic cases/patients with comorbidities - heart disease, seizures, kidney disease, etc. We are set up to help these pets do well

Advanced and Ongoing Wound Management

Some wounds cannot be repaired immediately and require ongoing care which can be time consuming and cumbersome for primary veterinary hospitals and ER facilities

Dr. Reid LOVES wounds and is experienced in numerous techniques for their management and eventual closure

  • Wet to Dry bandage techniques for wounds that have infection or necrosis

  • Open wound management for mass removals or other wounds that do not have adequate tissue for primary closure - includes skin stretching techniques

  • Burns

  • Incisional Dehiscence or infection

Other Services

  • ULTRASOUND availability within 24 hours

    • Results and recommendations presented same day

  • Advanced diagnostics - bone biopsies, marrow sampling, bronchoalveolar lavage

  • Airway scoping

  • Outpatient procedures - Esophagostomy tube placements, etc

If you don’t see a particular procedure listed - please call

We are happy to consult and accept patients for more procedures than we can reasonably list.

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EMAIL: info@hrvpc.com

If you require after hours consultation or referrals - please contact us by email or during normal business hours to obtain our direct contact information.