Gold-Standard Surgical Care
Because when it comes to family, nothing less will do.
Burlington Veterinary Center provides great care and attention to appropriate pain management, supportive recovery, and post-operative rehabilitation. As a result, our patients benefit from significantly reduced pain and faster recovery times.
To start the anesthesia process, a pre-emptive analgesic/sedative will be administered to relax your pet while helping to decrease the overall amount of anesthesia needed for the procedure. We’ll shave a small area to insert an intravenous catheter, usually in one of the front legs. Through the IV catheter, there will be an infusion of fluids to help maintain blood pressure levels and ensure adequate perfusion of blood to the body’s major organs, as well as to provide access to administer appropriate medications. Your pet will be given an injectable anesthesia and then maintained on inhalant anesthesia via endotracheal tube.
A Veterinary technician will be monitoring your pet while under anesthesia. We also use state-of-the art monitoring equipment to measure such parameters as ECG (electrical activity of the heart), Blood Pressure (to ensure the heart is delivering blood adequately throughout the body), and Pulse Oximetry (tracking the level of oxygen being delivered by the blood through the body). We also maintain a detailed record of the anesthetic event recording vital signs/condition throughout the surgery. Your pet’s body temperature will be supported with a circulating, warm water blanket.
As a courtesy for all anesthetic patients, we routinely trim nails, clean ears, and express anal glands.
We will contact you when your pet is recovering to update you on your pet’s condition, as well as to confirm a discharge time.
To help you speed your pet’s complete recovery, we will give you detailed instructions for post-operative, at home care including surgical site care, monitoring, medications, and the possible need for an e-collar.
We will contact you when your pet is recovering to update you on your pet’s condition, as well as to confirm a discharge time.
To help you speed your pet’s complete recovery, we will give you detailed instructions for post-operative, at home care including surgical site care, monitoring, medications, and the possible need for an e-collar.