It is important that the female is subjected to a thorough clinical examination preferably with early clinical and ECG analysis.
The surgical procedure involves fasting for 12 hours to reduce the risk of vomiting during anesthesia. It implies that the animal is on a drip, which is made pre-medication for pain control and pre-and postoperatively, and the anesthetic protocol is done according to the age of the female, preferably with a volatile anesthetic. The animal must have monitoring respiratory rate and blood pressure and CO2 throughout the surgery. The animal may be discharged a few hours after waking from anesthesia. Some animals take longer to recover and can only return home when they are fully conscious.
It is important that the animal has the vaccines in the day before surgery, since the post-surgical stress can reduce the strength of the immune system to infectious diseases.
Nowadays, most surgeries are quite safe in animals, but the success of treatment and recovery also depend on the quality of care provided by the owners before and after surgery. Please check with your vet.
