Posted in Doctors & Staff, SFVS Video, Surgery, tagged Doctors & Staff, Surgery on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing our series of video interviews with SFVS veterinarians, today we’re posting a clip featuring Margo Mehl, DVM, DACVS. Among other things, Dr. Mehl fills us in on common surgeries at SFVS, such as foreign body removal. (“Dogs seem to eat towels and bath mats, and cats seem to enjoy eating those earplugs people use.”)
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Posted in Did You Know?, Surgery, tagged Surgery on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The surgery department at San Francisco Veterinary Specialists ran the numbers and compiled a listing of the 10 most common surgeries performed at the specialty hospital, as of June 2009.
Clicking on the name of a procedure below will link to corresponding educational material, including background conditions, procedure overviews and photos, on the American College of [...]
Posted in Doctors & Staff, Surgery, tagged Doctors & Staff, Surgery on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Continuing our medical staff spotlight series, SFVS’s Philip Watt, BVSc, MACVSc, FACVS gives us a glimpse of what life is like as a veterinary surgeon.
1. When did you know you wanted to be a veterinarian?
Apparently even as a small child it was the only thing I wanted to do. When I was in high school [...]
Posted in Pet Parent Resources, Surgery, tagged Surgery, Tightrope on April 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Editor’s Note: Updated April 7, 2009 with more resources. Please email us or leave a comment if you have found other helpful links. Thank you!
Since posting the news that SFVS is now offering the Tightrope CCL procedure to fix canine knees, our blog has received lots of new traffic – directed here from search terms [...]
Posted in Cutting Edge, SFVS News, Surgery, tagged Cutting Edge, SFVS News, Surgery on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For Immediate Release
New, State-of-the-Art Procedure Is a Minimally Invasive, More Cost-Effective Alternative to Traditional Canine Knee-Repair Techniques, Results in Fewer Complications
San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 13, 2009—San Francisco Veterinary Specialists, Inc. (SFVS), the first and only multi-specialty referral hospital in San Francisco, is now offering the Tightrope CCL surgery to repair dogs’ cranial cruciate ligament (CCL)—an [...]
