Human medical advances helps dogs too!!!
Vets performing a laprosopic procedure on a dog!!!
Many of us are who fall ill are lucky enough to be able to undergo procedures that are much less invasive than in the past. The are done laproscopically which is a minimally invasive surgical procedure. After making small incisions while the patient is asleep and under the effects of anesthesia, the doctors use small scopes and specially designed tools to perform the surgery. This is a much less invasive procedure than regular surgery and requires much less hospitalization and recovery time.
Now, laprosocpic surgery is available to some dogs at specific animal hospitals in the country. As an example, a standard poodle named Whisky was brought into a veterinary hospital on Long Island when she fell ill with chronic liver disease. Her owners, Ricky Riva and Nanjoo Joung wanted to find alternatives to what most doctors were saying and that was invasive surgery to determine the extent of liver disease and damage. That can be very invasive and any type of open surgery has certain risks involved!!
After speaking with Dr. Louise Murray, the Director of Medicine at the ASPCA Bergh Memorial Hospital, she suggested a laparoscopy, a much less aggressive approach to examine the severity of the dog’s illness. Whisky underwent the laproscopic procedure in January of 2008 and suffered none of the conditions associated with major surgery. A biopsy of the dog’s liver was taken during this procedure and after several days it was determined that the dog had a mild inflammatory condition of the liver, treatable with medication.
This is a major advance in veterinary medicine. In addition to providing the dog with a safe and less painful alternative to major surgery, it provides owners with a much more peace of mind.
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