Specialist orthopaedic and soft tissue surgery
ViS at Optivet Referrals (Havant) is a fully integrated referral service offering a Specialist orthopaedic and soft tissue service alongside Optivet’s established ophthalmology and internal medicine service and our joint venture CT service in a modern hospital environment.
Boutique Referral offers Specialist veterinary orthopaedic and soft tissue care in a relaxed, flexible and no-pressure environment.
We only ever operate if surgery is truly indicated – we will explore the conservative options first.
We treat your patients as if they were our own pets.
Outpatient CT service
The joint venture ViS / Optivet 128 slice CT service gives regularly referring Practices easy access to affordable advanced imaging.
Treating your patients as our pets
Full referral service at Optivet Referrals (Havant)
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Orthopaedic
- Tibial Plateau Levelling Osteotomy (TPLO)
- Tibial Tuberosity Advancement (TTA)
- Complex tibial osteotomies
- Patella Luxation correction incorporating:
- Block recession trochleoplasty / Tibial tuberosity transposition
- Medial release / Lateral imbrication
- Hip Luxation correction
- Pancarpal / Pantarsal arthrodesis
- Triple / Double pelvic osteotomy (TPO / DPO)
- Pubic juvenile symphiodesis (PJS)
- Total Hip Replacement (THR)
- Femoral head and neck excision (FHNE)
- Fracture repair:
Shaft fracture / Pelvic fracture / Humerus lateral condylar fracture / Humerus bicondylar ‘Y’ fracture
Spinal Surgery
- Hemilaminectomy (thoracolumbar disc extrusion)
- Ventral Slot (cervical disc extrusion)
Arthroscopy
- Elbow arthroscopy
- Subtotal coronoid ostectomy / biceps ulnar release (SCO / BUR)
- Proximal / distal ulnar osteotomy for treatment of radioulnar incongruence (PUO / DUO)
- Shoulder arthroscopy
- Stifle arthroscopy
- - Cruciate ligament exploration
- - Meniscal exploration
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Soft Tissue
- Total ear canal ablation (TECA) including lateral bulla osteotomy (LBO)
- Ventral bulla osteotomy (VBO)
- Laryngeal tie-back
- Perineal hernia
- Enterectomy / subtotal colectomy
- Soft palate resections (+- rhinoplasty)
- Tumour resection / skin reconstruction
- Abdominal tumour removal
- Porto-systemic shunts
- Thoracotomy
- - Lung lobe lobectomy
- - Sub-total pericadectomy
- - Patent ductus arteriosus
- - Vascular ring anomalies (persistent right aortic arch,…)
- - Chest wall tumor resection / thoracic wall reconstruction
Laparoscopy
- Diagnostic uses
- - Liver biopsy
- - Pancreatic biopsy
- - Lymph node biopsy
- - Splenic biopsy
- - Cholecystocentesis
- - Intestinal biopsy (laparoscopic-assisted)
- - Abdominal exploration
- Surgical uses
- - Ovariectomy (Spay)
- - Gastropexy (laparoscopic-assisted)
- - Cryptorchid surgery
- - Cystotomy (laparoscopic-assisted)
- - Peritoneal dialysis catheter placement
Thoracoscopy
- Diagnostic uses
- - Thoracic exploration
- - Lymph node biopsy
- - Thoracic mass biopsy
- - Pleural/pericardial biopsy
- - Lung lobe biopsy
- Surgical uses
- - Pericardial window / sub-total pericadiectomy
- - Thoracic debridement for pyothorax (mediastinectomy, pericadiectomy,…)
- - Lung lobe lobectomy
- - Thoracoscopic-assisted chest tube placement
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Care Agreement
Our service is built around a ‘Care Agreement’ which defines the veterinary services and methods to benefit your patients, owners, staff and Practice.
It clearly defines what we both do to ensure the best possible Specialist service for you and your clients.
It’s straightforward and effective.
Call 01903 885869 for more details.
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Minimally invasive surgery: laparoscopy, Thoracoscopy and Arthroscopy
To minimise postoperative pain and recovery time, many surgical procedures can now be performed using a minimally invasive approach whenever appropriate.
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS), including laparoscopy, thoracoscopy and arthroscopy involves gaining access to a cavity through small incisions, creating a workspace, and manoeuvring extracorporeally activated instruments within that workspace to perform diagnostic and surgical procedures.
Benefits for patients include:
- Better visualisation for the surgeon due to magnification and light
- Decrease in postoperative pain
- Faster postoperative recovery
- Significant decrease in postoperative complications
- Cosmetic effect with smaller incisions
Common indications for MIS include:
Laparoscopy
- Diagnostic uses
- - Liver biopsy
- - Pancreatic biopsy
- - Lymph node biopsy
- - Splenic biopsy
- - Intestinal biopsy (laparoscopic-assisted)
- - Abdominal exploration
- Surgical uses
- - Ovariectomy
- - Gastropexy (laparoscopic-assisted)
- - Cryptorchid surgery
- - Cystotomy (laparoscopic-assisted)
- - Peritoneal dialysis catheters placement
Thoracoscopy
- Diagnostic uses
- - Thoracic exploration
- - Lymph node biopsy
- - Thoracic mass biopsy
- - Pleural/pericardial biopsy
- - Lung lobe biopsy
- Surgical uses
- - Pericardial window / sub-total pericadiectomy
- - Thoracic debridement for pyothorax (mediastinectomy, pericadiectomy,…)
- - Lung lobe lobectomy
- - Thoracoscopic-assisted chest tube placement
Arthroscopy
- Diagnostic and surgical uses for
- - Elbow: elbow dysplasia, incomplete ossification of the humeral condyle
- - Shoulder: OCD, medial instability, biceps tenosynovitis
- - Stifle: cranial cruciate ligament rupture, meniscal exploration, menisectomy
Specialists in small animal surgery
Telephone: 01903 885 869