Surgery
Dr. Loretta Bubenik heads the Surgery Section of Sugar Land Veterinary Specialists.
Two state-of-the-art operating rooms with the latest surgical, anesthetic and patient monitoring equipment and life support systems allow us to offer the most advanced surgical options to pets and clients in Texas. Our Surgical Section in unison with our Emergency Section provides continuity of patient monitoring, pain management and comfort, and client updating and awareness. Post-operative recoveries are monitored and treated as needed regardless of the time of day. Pain management is a top priority. Dr. Bubenik's experience and deep interest in surgeries for cancer treatment is a great advantage to our Oncology services.
What to look for in a veterinary surgical practice: - Is the surgeon a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.
- Does the surgical practice provide 24/7 care with a veterinarian on site at all times?
- What is the career experience of the surgeon?
- Are other specialties part of this practice, i.e. internal medicine, critical care, oncology or diagnostic imaging?
- Is the facility clean and well maintained?
- How well equipped is the surgical practice and the hospital in general?
Orthopedics
- Fracture repair
- Limb malformation correction
- Triple pelvic osteotomy
- Tibial Plateau Leveling Procedure - TPLO
- Patellar luxation stabilization
- Osteochondritis dessicans - OCD
- Anconeal process
- Fragmented coronoid process
- Bone biopsy
- Amputation
Neurological - Spinal decompression: dorsal and hemilaminectomy
- Spinal stabilization and fracture repair
- Craniotomies
- Atlantoaxial joint stabilization
Oncological - Tumor excision or reduction
- Surgical repair of skin wounds resulting from cancer or treatment
- Coordination of surgical services for the Oncology Section
Respiratory and thoracic - External ring placement for tracheal collapse
- Management of Brachycephalic upper airway disease
- Tracheostomy/otomy
- Chest wall lesion excision
- Lung laceration, contusion, torsion
- Tumor excision
- Esophageal foreign body excision
Cardiovascular - Pericardectomy
- Patent Ductus Arteriosis - PDA
Abdominal - Gastric torsion
- Gastrointestinal foreign body
- Intussusception
- Neoplasia
- Splenectomy
- Nephrectomy
- Exploratory laparotomy
- Gall bladder obstruction
- Portosystemic shunt ligation
Urogenital - Ectopic ureters
- Urinary calculus removal: renal and bladder
- Bladder cancer excision
- Complicated Ovarihisterectomy
- Caesarian section
Reconstructive - Wound management
- Skin and reconstructive procedures
- Total ear canal ablation
- Ventral bulla osteotomy