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Welcome to the Surgery Service at the Dover Veterinary Hospital. Our team of surgeons, surgical technicians and assistants are dedicated to helping you and your pet when they need a surgical procedure. The surgeons, technicians and assistants have gone through extensive training to provide your pet with the highest levels of expertise. Dover Veterinary Hospital's surgery department is fully equipped for orthopedic, soft tissue, ophthalmic, neurologic and diagnostic procedures.
 Our surgeon is Brett C. Wood, DVM, MS, Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons (What is a board certified veterinary surgeon?)
Initial evaluation by the surgery staff includes a review of any information sent by your regular veterinarian, as well as discussion of the pertinent history. The surgery staff will then evaluate your pet's condition and outline the available testing and treatment options. In all cases that further diagnostics or treatment options are discussed, we will provide a written estimate of recommended services. In addition, as part of the admission procedure consent for surgery and anesthesia is required. Please bring all medications or special diets currently administered to your pet if surgical intervention is a possibility. In most cases, there are some pre-operative diagnostics, such as blood work, radiographs, or ultrasound examinations that are recommended.
(What is the DVH surgery staff's role in your pet's health care?)
 All patients receive intravenous catheters and extensive pre-operative and intra-operative pain management, including narcotic pain patches and epidurals for rear limb procedures. Personalized anesthetic protocols are devised based on the patient and the procedure. The patient's comfort and stress levels are closely monitored throughout their hospital stay. When anesthesia is in use, complete monitoring of heart rate and rhythm, body temperature, blood pressure, and blood oxygen saturation is performed by one or more surgical technicians. In addition, we have ventilator capability for intra-operative support of patient's ventilation.
 Post-operative patient comfort and supportive care is of paramount importance to the surgical staff at the DVH. During the week there is a trained veterinary nursing staff on duty 24 hours for our in-hospital patients. Veterinarians are on call overnight. We have intensive care units for patients in need of continuous oxygen therapy.
There are many commonly asked questions regarding the pre-operative and post-operative care of pets.
The DVH surgery staff is available for phone call consultations as well as radiograph consultations to assist with the diagnosis and treatment of their patients. Please contact the surgery staff at (603)742-6438.
The services provided by the surgical staff at Dover Veterinary Hospital include such procedures as:
Orthopedic
- Fractures & Luxations
- ASIF Bone Plating, Intramedullary Pinning
- External Fixators - Ring fixators, Linear Fixators
- Hip Luxations
- Stifle Conditions/Injuries
- Cranial Cruciate Ligament Repair - Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO), Lateral Suture Technique
- Collateral Ligament Repair
- Patellar Luxations
- Hip Dysplasia
- Femoral Head & Neck Excision (FHO)
- Triple Pelvic Osteotomy (TPO)
- Juvenile Pubic Symphysiodesis (JPS)
- Zurich Cementless Hip Replacement System (THR)
- Arthrodesis (carpal, tarsal primarily)
- Developmental/Congenital Cartilage Disease
- Osteochondrosis (OC/OCD)
- Ununited Anconeal Process
- Fragmented Coronoid Process
- Angular Limb Deformities, Corrective Osteotomy
- Arthroscopy (see below)
- Amputations & Limb Salvage
- Bone Biopsies
- Lameness Evaluation
Soft Tissue
- Thoracic - PDA's, Vascular Ring Anomalies, Esophageal Surgery, Lung Lobectomy, Pericardectomy, Mediastinal masses, Tracheal Resection, Rib Resection, Rib Fractures, Thoracic Wall Reconstruction, Diaphragmatic Hernia
- Abdominal - Gastrointestinal foreign bodies, Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus, Gastrointestinal neoplasia, Billroth Procedures, Gall Bladder surgery, Liver Lobectomy, Portosystemic Shunts, Adrenalectomy, Pancreatic biopsy/mass removal, Hernia repair, Intestinal Resection/Anastomosis, Colectomy, Rectal Surgery, Anal sac surgery, Perianal Fistula, Perineal Surgery
- Urogenital - Nephrectomy, Nephrotomy, Ectopic Ureter, Cystotomy, Cystectomy, Pyometra, Episiotomy, Vaginal Mass, Prostatic abscess, Mastectomy, Cryptorchid Castration, Vulvoplasty
- Head & Neck - Thyroidectomy, Salivary Mucocoele, Laryngeal Paralysis, Cleft Palate, Rhinotomy, Ear Ablation, Bulla Osteotomy, Mandiblectomy & Maxillectomy, Brachycephalic Syndrome
- Reconstructive - Skin Flaps and Grafts
Neurologic
- Cervical & Thoracolumbar Disc Disease, Wobbler Syndrome
- Lumbosacral Stenosis, Spinal & Nerve Root Tumors
- Spinal Fractures & Luxations
Minimally Invasive Procedures:
- Arthroscopy:
- Shoulder: Osteochondral lesions (OCD, articular fractures, fractures of the border of the glenoid), Subluxation of the shoulder, Evaluation of shoulder luxations Biceps tendon lesions: tendinitis, partial or complete tears, Tenosynovitis of the biceps tendon, Synovial biopsies, Septic arthritis, Lesions of the glenoid
- Elbow: Excision of the fragmented coronoid process, OCD of the humeral condyle, Treatment of the nonunion of the anconeal process, Excision of articular mice, Septic arthritis, Elbow pain of unknown origin
- Stifle: Preoperative evaluation of torn cruciate ligaments, The stable osteoarthritic noninflammatory stifle, Lesions of the common digital extensor, Lesions of the popliteal ligament, Postoperative evaluation of cruciate ligament repair, Differentiation between torn caudal cruciate ligament versus cranial cruciate ligament, Cartilaginous lesions (fractures, OCD), Septic arthritis, Synovial biopsies (polyarthritis, synovitis), Articular tumors
- Hip: Labral lesions, Mice, Articular trauma, Preoperative evaluation of hip dysplasia before triple pelvic osteotomy (TPO), Postoperative evaluation of TPO, Postoperative evaluation of treatment of hip luxations and fractures, Degenerative joint disease, Septic arthritis, Tear of the ligament of the femoral head
- Carpus: Cartilage fractures, Carpal fractures without displacement (distal radius, radial carpal bone), Carpal trauma, Synovial biopsies, Septic arthritis
- Tarsus: Excision of OCD fragments of the talus, Tarsal arthritis, Tarsocrural instability
- Laparoscopy:
- Abdominal Exploratory: biopsy of the liver, kidney, pancreas or masses. Full
thickness biopsy of the stomach or small intestine.
- Prophylactic gastropexy
- Post-trauma exploration
- Ovariohysterectomy
- Cryptorchid castration
- Laparascopic assisted cystotomy
- Jejunostomy/Gastrostomy tube placement
- Laparascopic assisted Cystopexy/colopexy
- Thoracoscopy:
- Subtotal Pericardectomy
- Evaluation of pleural effusion of unknown etiology
- Partial lung lobectomy/lung biopsy
- Pleural biopsy
- Pyothorax -thoracic lavage and exploration
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