Northcote Animal Hospital (nOah) has a dedicated surgical theatre fitted out to an exceptional standard with high quality anaesthetic equipment and instrumentation. This allows nOah to perform the vast majority of soft tissue and orthopaedic procedures that your pet may require. Dr Kristina has had over 20 years of experience performing routine surgeries, therefore you can be assured that your pet is in safe, experienced hands.
Our exceptional facilities allow complicated orthopaedic cases, such as spinal surgery, to be performed by a specialist orthopaedic surgeon. nOah’s veterinarians will assess each case individually; including digital xrays where necessary, and provide the best advice for you and your pet. It stands to reason that the right treatment advice, combined with surgical experience, are needed for a successful outcome.
nOah’s experienced veterinary surgeons and nurses, their focus on modern up to date anaesthetic techniques and pain relief regimes, mean that your pet’s surgery at nOah will be performed in the safest, most comfortable manner possible.
How to prepare your pet for an anaesthetic procedure
nOah performs desexing for all small animals – dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs and ferrets. For more information, please visit our desexing section under ‘everyday services’.
Soft tissue surgery encompasses any procedure that is not related to bones. It includes procedures such as desexing, exploratory laparotomies, caesareans, lump removals, biopsies, wound stitch-ups, removal of intestinal foreign bodies – the list is endless! Every procedure is performed using the safest anaesthetic regime, intravenous fluids, multi-modal pain relief, dissolvable stitches when necessary, and with attentive veterinary nurses who provide plenty of post-op cuddles whilst closely monitoring temperature and pain levels.
Orthopaedic surgery encompasses any procedure that is related to bones or joints. It includes procedures such as fracture repairs, cruciate ligament repairs, amputations for severe injuries or bone cancer cases, to name just a few. Every procedure is performed using the safest anaesthetic regime, intravenous fluids, multi-modal pain relief, dissolvable stitches when necessary, and with attentive veterinary nurses who provide plenty of post-op cuddles whilst closely monitoring temperature and pain levels
Northcote Animal Hospital (nOah) is fully equipped to offer the following eye surgeries:
- Enucleation (removal) of the eye for severe glaucoma or cancer cases
- Entropion surgery to prevent ocular damage from inward pointing eye lashes/eyelids
- Ectropion surgery to correct outward facing lower eyelids
- Eyelid tumour removal
- Cherry eye surgery to correct a protruding third eyelid in dogs
- Surgery to repair corneal ulcers (ulcers on the eye surface)
Our veterinarians can also refer your pet to a specialist veterinary ophthalmologist for specialised procedures such as eye ultrasound, vision testing or cataract removal.