Mount Rose Animal Hospital

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Hospital Construction - 2005

16560 Wedge Parkway

Suite 100

Reno, Nevada 89511

Spaying and Neutering Surgical Details

 

             Neutering  and Spaying surgery at Mount Rose Animal Hospital is generally an out-patient procedure.  Animals must not be fed after 8 pm the night before the scheduled procedure.  Drinking is okay until the morning before.  They are dropped off in the morning between 7 to 8 am.  Surgeries typically begin by 9:30 am.  Pre-anesthetic blood profiles are performed in-house prior to anesthesia if approved by the owner.  All patients first receive pre-anesthetic injectable medications for sedation and analgesia (pain relief).  IV catheters are placed to ensure emergency vein access as well as to provide an avenue for intra-operative fluid administration.  Additional injectable drugs are used to induce anesthesia so that the pet can be intubated and placed on gas anesthesia.  Once under general anesthesia special equipment is used to monitor the pets heart rate, blood oxygen levels, blood pressure, temperature and EKG.  The equipment is used to monitor the patient’s condition during surgery as well as during recovery. 

 

             During the neuter procedure, both testicles are removed via a small incision.  The blood vessels supplying the testicles are “tied-off”.  In dogs, the neuter incision is closed with absorbable suture buried under the skin.  In cats, the incision heals on its own.  After the surgery is finished, it takes several hours for a pet to fully awakened from anesthesia.  Generally, pets are ready to go home by the end of the day.

 

             During the spay procedure, an incision is made along the midline of the mid to lower abdomen in order to enter the abdominal cavity.  The ovaries and uterus are visualized, their major blood vessels are tied off, and finally both ovaries and uterus are removed from the pet.  Prior to closure, the abdomen is re-inspected to ensure there are no signs of inappropriate bleeding.  Finally, the abdominal incision is carefully closed in multiple layers with absorbable sutures hidden beneath the skin.  Rarely are there any external sutures necessitating a later recheck for their removal.  After the surgery is finished, it takes several hours for a pet to fully awakened from anesthesia.  Generally, pets are ready to go home by the end of the day.