Soft Tissue Surgery

Overview

Rob White leads the soft tissue referral service. He is an internationally recognised Specialist in soft tissue surgery with broad and unsurpassed experience in all aspects of small animal soft tissue surgery.

The team uses advanced surgical techniques such as bipolar electrosurgery (vessel-sealing), surgical stapling, surgical diode laser surgery, and ultrasonic surgery.

Common conditions seen include:

• Chronic ear disease (total ear canal ablation/bulla osteotomy
• Oncological surgery (re-cut procedures, mast cell tumour, soft tissue sarcoma, complex reconstructions, etc.)
• Wound management and complex reconstructive procedures (random subdermal flaps, axial pattern flaps, free skin grafts, etc.)
• Thoracic surgery
• Urogenital surgery
• Gastrointestinal surgery
• Hepatic surgery
• Cardiorespiratory surgery
• Brachycephalic obstructive airway surgery
• Portosystemic shunts (intra- and extrahepatic)

Rob is a world expert in the management of portosystemic shunts and brings unrivalled experience in this field.