Specialty Surgery That Comes to You.
Dr. Danova partners with your hospital to perform a focused range of procedures in your facility, with your staff.
Your team handles normal, routine patients care. Dr. Danova performs the surgery, provides a detailed surgical report, and the patient continues recovery for postoperative care. Your patient and pet-parent client remains with their trusted practice—and you retain full continuity of care.
Bridging the Gap Between General Practice and Specialty Referral
We know the challenge: a patient needs advanced orthopedic stabilization or a complex mass excision, but referring out means losing that case and continuity of care—and putting a stressed pet and parent through a long, unfamiliar commute.
Veterinary Surgical Options eliminates that dilemma. Dr. Danova brings her own specialized implant systems, instruments and specialty equipment, directly to your hospital, while working with your existing facility, medical structures and team members.
All cases are accepted based on your hospital’s facility capabilities, monitoring equipment, and available nursing support. Once a hospital partners with VSO, we contract with them to provide ongoing surgical support whenever it’s needed. If you have the right environment, we bring the right hands.
Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Danova provides all the required orthopedic instruments, implants, and equipment eliminating the need to referral to a distant referral or surgical center.
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Cranial Cruciate Ligament (CCL) repair – Dr. Danova performs both Extracapsular lateral suture and Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy stabilization procedures in dogs and cats.
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Fracture Stabilization and fixation – Long bone and articular fractures Hip Dysplasia, disease and luxation.
Soft Tissue Surgery (General & Advanced)
Comprehensive Head and neck, airway, thoracic, abdominal, gastrointestinal and urogenital capabilities, entirely within your hospital facilities.
Surgical procedures, not limited to:
- Head/neck and airway:
- Brachycephalic Airway
- Thyroid and parathyroidectomy
- Laryngeal Paralysis
- Mandibulectomy/Maxillectomy
- Thoracic:
- Cardiovascular procedures
- Pulmonary procedures
- Abdominal:
- Adrenalectomy
- Diaphragmatic hernia
- Mass resections
- Splenic
- Vascular
- Gastrointestinal:
- Foreign material or neoplastic obstructions
- GDV
- Hepatobiliary
- Herniae – perineal, bodywall
- Resection and anastomosis
- Gastropexy
- Urogenital:
- Urinary obstruction
- Cystotomy
- Perineal urethrostomy
- Prescrotal urethrostomy
- Urethral prolapse
- Cryptorchidism
- Orchiectomy
- Ovariohysterectomy
- Vaginal or Uterine Prolapse
- Neoplasia excision
- Urinary obstruction
Mass Removals
Beyond her orthopedic and soft tissue caseload, Dr. Danova regularly performs oncologic surgery ranging from routine lipoma excision to more complex resections requiring aggressive surgical margins.
Cutaneous and subcutaneous masses (lipomas, sebaceous adenomas, and other benign growths), mast cell tumors (margins planned by grade and location), soft tissue sarcomas (marginal or wide excision per tumor characteristics), and digital/distal-limb masses.
Any neoplastic condition in any anatomic location can be assessed and evaluated – mast cell tumors, soft tissue sarcomas, lipomas, etc.
Wound Repair & Reconstruction
Trauma Management and Complicated Defect Closure
Contact us if a congenital or traumatic defect requires evaluation.
GI & Foreign Body Surgery
Urgent Exploratory Laparotomy, Delivered Fast
Ingested toys, socks, bones, and linear foreign bodies (string, tinsel) require immediate surgical intervention. Dr. Danova coordinates with your hospital to perform urgent exploratory celiotomies on your scheduled surgical days—or can arrange emergency travel if your facility has a last-minute critical case.
Surgical repertoire includes:
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Gastrotomy & Enterotomy – Single or multiple incisions to retrieve foreign bodies, with primary closure using monofilament absorbable suture.
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Intestinal Resection & Anastomosis (R&A) – For devitalized, necrotic, or perforated bowel segments. Dr. Danova employs a meticulous single-layer, interrupted appositional pattern to minimize stricture formation.
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Gastropexy (prophylactic & therapeutic) – For bloat (GDV) cases, she performs a belt-loop or incisional gastropexy to permanently tack the stomach, preventing recurrence.
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Pyloric outflow obstructions – Pyloromyotomy or pyloroplasty for chronic gastric retention.
Your hospital’s role: You provide pre-operative radiographs/ultrasound to confirm the obstruction, stabilize the patient with fluids, and induce anesthesia. Dr. Danova brings her own intestinal stapling devices (GIA staplers) for rapid resections when time is critical.
Other Procedures
Custom Surgical Coordination, Case by Case
Surgical needs are rarely one-size-fits-all. If your patient requires a procedure not explicitly listed above, Dr. Danova invites you to reach out for a collaborative consultation. Many additional surgeries can be coordinated based on your hospital’s specific equipment and her broad surgical repertoire.
Examples of “Other” procedures we can often accommodate:
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Cystotomies – For removal of uroliths (bladder stones) or ectopic ureters.
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Enucleations (eye removal) – For blind, painful globes or ocular neoplasia.
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Amputations – Forelimb, hindlimb, or partial digit amputations.
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Urethrostomies – Perineal or prescrotal urethrostomy for feline urethral obstructions.
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Diaphragmatic hernia repairs – Traumatic or congenital, provided your hospital has appropriate ventilatory support.
How to proceed: Send us the patient’s records, diagnostic imaging, and your hospital’s surgical inventory list. Dr. Danova will review the case, call you directly to discuss feasibility, and, if accepted, schedule a block of time at your facility. If we cannot safely perform it in your environment, she will guide you to the nearest appropriate referral center—so you never waste time guessing.
Preparing for a Successful Surgery Day
Together, we’ll confirm your hospital’s analgesic and anesthetic capabilities and multiparameter monitoring (ECG, SpO₂, EtCO₂, NIBP) — Dr. Danova brings her own surgical instruments and equipment. Procedure fit is discussed case by case, and she’s always upfront about what she can and cannot perform on-site.
Once we’re ready to move forward together, you keep the client, the revenue, and the continuity of care — with Dr. Danova acting as your on-site surgical extension.
