Veterinary Surgery Services at Blue Ravine Animal Hospital; veterinary clinic Folsom CA

Veterinary Surgery Services Available at Folsom's Blue Ravine Animal Hospital

When the pet you love needs surgery, rest assured that our doctors are extremely well-qualified to perform a wide range of surgical and dental procedures using state-of-the-art techniques and equipment. Our modern surgical suite provides for the performance of a wide variety of surgical procedures. Click below for more information on our surgical equipment and procedures:
  • Surgical Laser
Our carbon dioxide surgical laser produces an invisible beam of light, which heats and vaporizes tissue almost instantaneously without any physical contact. This is done so precisely that the normal surrounding tissues are hardly affected. Because of its lack of physical contact, the laser does not tear, crush, or bruise tissue. It is able to seal nerve endings and small blood vessels as it cuts. The combined effects of laser surgery provides the following benefits:
  • Less pain
  • Less bleeding
  • Less swelling
  • Reduced risk of infection
  • Rapid recovery
Most surgeries that are performed with a traditional surgical blade can alternatively be performed with these benefits with surgical laser.
  • Anesthesia
We utilize the safest available anesthetics to provide that extra margin of safety, especially for our older or high risk patients. We use Isoflurane and Sevoflorane as our inhalant anesthetics. We also have available several fast-acting injectable anesthetics for shorter procedures and rapid recovery times.
  • Anesthetic Monitoring Equipment
Anesthetized patients are closely observed by a trained veterinary technician and doctor. Our monitoring equipment is set to alert the doctor or technician at the first sign of deviation from normal. Our monitoring equipment includes the following:
  • Pulse oximeter
  • Carbon dioxide monitor
  • Doppler blood pressure
  • Continuous ECG monitoring
  • Esophageal temperature monitoring
  • Heated Surgical Table
Our heated surgery table is designed to provide optimum body temperature throughout all surgical procedures.
  • Surgical Procedures
At Blue Ravine Animal Hospital we routinely perform a wide variety of surgical services including (but not limited to):
  • Spays and neuters
  • Obstetrics
  • Mass removals
  • Declaws
  • Bladder surgery / bladder stone removal (cystotomy)
  • Stomach and intestinal surgery (enterotomy / gastrotomy)
  • Ophthalmic and eyelid surgery (including repair of third eyelid eversion (cherry eye) and entropion)
  • Uvilectomies (palate trims)
  • Orthopedic surgery (including cruciate ligament repair, patella luxation repair, hip problems, and most long bone fractures)
In addition, we have a board certified surgical practice on call for special or unusual procedures.