Welcome to YT! God willing, if I ever had cause to think one of my babies had a liver shunt of any kind, I would do whatever was necessary to get that dog to University of Tenn. to Dr.Karen Tobias. She has been doing research and surgery in this area for years and as far as I am concerned, she is the benchmark for liver shunt surgery. Those people are wonderful up there and you can even call and someone on her staff will talk with, and answer questions and give you some kind of guidance...I am sure there are vets that have trained with her and can do the procedure...they can probably give you references in your area or at least closer to you if you are not able to make the trip to UT. You can google Dr.Tobias and learn about her and her program, and go from there! Her success rate is second to none.....Good luck and keep us posted! |