Operations

Routine dental scaling with ultrasound

Operations are carried out every day at all three surgeries. Radiology (X-ray) is done at Barnhill and Dundee surgeries only.

When your pet comes in, he/she is weighed, then given a "pre-med" injection, which causes relaxation and sleepiness, preparing them for anaesthesia. The pre-med allows us to give less anaesthetic for the same effect, so it makes the procedure safer. Also, we use the drug Propofol for the rapid induction (knock-out) of the anaesthetic, using Isoflurane in Oxygen for the safest maintenance of anaesthesia. This allows us to guage anaesthetic depth very accurately, with a rapid, hangover-free recovery.

This is the gold standard of anaesthesia which all your pets receive at Parkside. We have eight anaesthetic machines in the practice, all of which use Isoflurane. We feel your pets are worth that extra investment.