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Old 12-26-2011, 09:13 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by lillymae View Post
I would not be concerned about having the knee surgery & the neuter done at the same time as someone else stated the neuter takes less the 10 min, well it actually takes less then 5 min. Overall a neuter takes less then 10 min from start to finish & that's including anaesthesia administration and the surgery prep/scrub & the actual snip only takes about 1 min & sutures another couple of seconds. I would do them both at the same time as I would Not want to risk anaesthesia twice for something as simple as a neuter.
My guy had his LP surgery & neuter at the same time 2 yrs ago & did just fine.
The probablem with that is then the regular vet would be doing the LP surgery and I would never feel comfortable letting a vet who did not specialize in orthapedics cut on my dogs bone.
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