Specialty Surgery Services

Animal Health Care Denver is proud to offer specialty surgeries. We have a sterile surgery room and top notch anesthesia equipment. Our specialty surgeries are performed by a board certified specialist, Dr. Dave Matthiesen.  Examples of surgeries we have performed include:

• ACL surgery (extracapsular repair/lateral suture)

• Fracture Repairs (plates, intramedullary pins, external fixators)

• Luxating Patella Surgery

• Hepatic Portal Shunt Ligation

• Femoral Head Ostectomy

• Laminectomy

• Hemimandibulectomy

• Perineal Urethrostomy (PU)

Specialty surgeries generally cost between $1300 and $3000, depending on difficulty and duration of the surgery, the number of days the patient must be hospitalized, and the medications and supplies utilized.