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Anaesthetics and Operations
When it comes to anaesthesia we practice the “Gold Standard” anaesthesia regime utilising safe anaesthetic drugs and techniques with intravenous fluid therapy where needed and always use monitoring machines to help maintain our excellent patient safety record. Surgery is carried out in our sterile procedures theatre after the patient has been assessed and made ready in the separate preparation area. Additional facilities include the use of a radio surgery unit, which minimises blood loss during surgery (essential for some of our smaller patients like rabbits guinea pigs and rats etc). Sterility of all our surgical instruments gowns and drapes is ensured by our use of a vacuum autoclave to reduce the risk of post operative infections and helps to eliminate the need for antibiotics to be given after surgery in many cases. We believe our patients should have to undergo the least amount of pain and discomfort necessary and utilise comprehensive techniques for controlling pain. The surgical techniques used at Chessington Veterinary Surgery ensure that the majority of patients are able to go home without any external sutures, so there are no stitches on the skin surface that may irritate the patient and nothing for them to chew on. This reduces the risk of post operative infection and breakdown. Our recovery suites are constructed of stainless steel kennelling to further ensure optimum hygiene for our patients and our experienced and qualified nurses carefully monitor our patients and attend to their needs providing premium pet foods and specialised diets as well as fresh cooked foods where needed
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