Surgical Procedures

All surgical patients receive a pre-operative physical exam by one of our doctors, an anesthetic protocol based on their individual needs, a comprehensive pain management strategy, a sterile surgical pack and a monitored anesthesia and recovery. Our doctors highly recommend that all surgical patients receive additional pain medications to go home in order to optimize healing in addition to preventing pain.

We perform a range of surgeries at NVS, including but not limited to:

• canine and feline spay or neuter
• Gastropexy (stomach tack)
• Episioplasty
• umbilical or inguinal hernia repair
• mass/tumor removal
• declaw (cats only)
• laceration repair                
• caesarian section                                                          
• abdominal exploratory
• cherry eye (prolapsed gland of the 3rd eyelid), entropion (inverted eyelid) correction, ectropion correction
• puppy dewclaw removal and tail docking (pups 1-5 days of age)

All orthopedic surgeries and certain specialized surgeries, such as spinal surgery, are referred to a board-certified surgical specialist.


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​All surgical patients, with the exception of life-threatening emergencies must be up-to-date on the following:

• vaccinations (DHLPP and rabies for dogs, PCRP and rabies for cats)
• heartworm testing (dogs over 7 months of age)
• pre-surgical blood work (animals over 7 years of age)

​For questions about our surgical care, contact the clinic - 231-652-1681.