Surgery
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SNVH is equipped with state-of-the-art surgical facilities to provide your pet with the safety of a human-grade operating environment.
Our surgery rooms have human-hospital grade HEPA filtration which performs a complete air exchange every four minutes to reduce risk of surgical infections and increase safety. 
​Drs. Dennis and Young perform numerous surgical procedures at SNVH. Below, Dr. Dennis is removing a foreign body from the stomach of a dog.
Dr. Dennis performs a procedure on a dog's knee. Whereas some practices soak their instruments in a disinfectant solution rather than sterilize them in an autoclave (a special chamber that increases heat and pressure in order to fully sterilize instruments), at SNVH, each surgical patient always has a new autoclave-steam-sterilized surgical pack.
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The nursing team prepares a patient for Dr. Dennis to perform epidural anesthesia before Dr. Clark starts a complex orthopedic surgery.
Dr. Dennis preparing for surgery.
Dr. Young prepares to place a sterile drape over a patient for a tumor removal.
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