Referral Services

Referral services offered include:

Orthopaedics
Total hip replacement, triple pelvic osteotomy, limb lengthening, tibial plateau levelling osteotomy, arthroscopy, complex fracture management, arthrodesis...

Spinal Surgery
Disc disease, cervical spondylopathy, spinal fractures, lumbosacral disease...

Ophthalmology
Plastic reconstructive eyelid surgery, cataract extraction by phacoemulsification, prosthetic intraocular lenses, glaucoma laser surgery and implant procedures, corneal grafting, laser retinal surgery, investigation and management of complex medical eye problems...

Internal Medicine
Critical care, investigation and management of intestinal problems, video endoscopy, endocrine disorders, cardiopulmonary disease, bronchoscopy, ultrasound investigations including colour flow Doppler imaging, ultrasound guided biopsy techniques...

Soft Tissue Surgery
Total ear canal ablation and bulla osteotomy, aspergillosis, brachycephalic syndrome,
laryngeal paralysis and tracheal collapse, congenital & acquired urinary incontinence, prostatic disease and cryptorchidism, both hard and soft tissue tumours including mast cell tumour, soft tissue sarcomas
and oral tumours, oesophageal foreign body removal, subtotal colectomy, colorectal surgery
and anal furunculosis, wound management and reconstruction,
local/distant skin flaps and free skin grafting, portosystemic shunts, congenital cardiac defects, pericardiectomy, lung lobectomy, thymectomy,
pyothorax and chylothorax, thyroidectomy and adrenalectomy, perineal ruptures, diaphragmatic ruptures and pericardioperitoneal diaphragmatic herniation...

Diagnostic imaging
Willows provides a comprehensive imaging service for all of our veterinary patients that is second to none in the UK. Our GE imaging equipment is all brand new, highly specified and run by our speecialist imaging team.
- 1.5 tesla GE MRI full body scanner ideal for imaging brain and soft tissues
- 16 slice Brightspeed GE CT scanner - exceptional quality images for bone, nasal, thoracic, vascular and other imaging needs
- mobile GE top quality image intensifier for in-theatre use in vascular and orthopaedic procedures
- two digital X-ray rooms
- high-end ultrasound scanners


Anaesthesia and analgesia
Extensive knowledge and experience of clinical and medical veterinary anaesthesia, optimal handling of higher risk anaesthetic procedures, peri-operative patient support and pain management...