Dx & Tx

As a specialty veterinary hospital, our doctors provide patients with advanced expertise to diagnose and treat uncommon and complex illnesses. Our veterinarians do not provide wellness or primary care.

BluePearl provides the following services in our Lexington Hospital:

Critical Care

Services we provide:

  • Continuous vital signs monitoring
  • Intravenous fluid therapy
  • Nutritional support
  • Blood transfusion
  • Oxygen supplementation
  • Pain relief

Dermatology

Conditions we often treat

  • Allergies and allergy-induced skin diseases
  • Autoimmune skin diseases
  • Chronic ear infections, inflammation and other ear problems
  • Hot spots
  • Infectious diseases that can be contagious from pet to human, and from pet to pet
  • Nutritional imbalances that lead to skin disorders
  • Parasitic skin disease
  • Skin cancer and skin cysts
  • Skin disease caused by systemic disease or cancer
  • Toenail problems
  • Diagnosis of disease, including cancer of internal organs, with signs that appear first as skin disorders

Internal Medicine

Services we provide:

  • Chronic management of endocrine diseases, blood and circulatory system, heart, lungs, kidneys and bladder.
  • Ultrasound procedures
  • Bone marrow biopsy and aspirates
  • Video endoscopy; rhinoscopy, cystoscopy, bronchoscopy and gastrointestinal endoscopy

Ophthalmology

Services we provide:

  • Telephone consultations for referring veterinarians
  • Diagnostics and medical management for a wide variety of chronic, non-responsive intra- and extraocular diseases including cataracts, glaucoma, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, ulcerative keratitis and uveitis
  • Canine Eye Registry Foundation (CERF) Examinations
  • Corneal surgery for deep ulcers and dystrophies, including conjunctival grafts and corneal transplants
  • Cryotherapy, CO2 laser treatment, and traditional surgical intervention for eyelid diseases
  • Electroretinography for retinal function evaluation
  • Extraocular surgery including eyelid mass removalas, prolapsed third eyelid gland reduction (“cherry eye” surgery), blepharoplasties, including entropian, ectropian and brachycephalic syndrome corrections
  • Glaucoma medical and surgical treatment including diode laser and valve therapies
  • Intraocular surgery for lens luxation and intraocular disease, including artificial lens implantation and cataract and luxated lens removals
  • Ocular ultrasound
  • Parotid duct transposition for non-responsive KCS
  • Retinal evaluations including electroretinograms (ERGs) for inherited and acquired retinal degeneration
  • Retinal surgery with diode laser
  • State-of-the-art  phacoemulsification and artificial lens implantation for cataracts
  • Surgical treatments for glaucoma, including laser therapy and goniovalve (intraocular shunt) implantation

Surgery

Conditions we often treat:

Soft-tissue surgery involves state-of-the-art techniques such as shunt implantation, arthroscopic surgery, laparoscopic surgery, and thoracoscopic surgery.

  • Tumor resection from the gastrointestinal tract including the esophagus, stomach, intestines, and colon; urinary and reproductive organs; liver, gall bladder and bile ducts
  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery
  • Cardiovascular surgery including surgery to correct congenital and acquired anomalies of the heart, remove cardiac tumors and implant pacemakers
  • Repair of the upper and lower respiratory tract
  • Hernia repair
  • Management of chronic ear disease and aural tumors.

Orthopedic surgery addresses bone and muscle injuries using bone plating and interlocking nail fixation, external skeletal fixation, arthroscopic surgery, laparoscopic surgery, and thoracoscopic surgery.

  • Sports injuries including fractures, ligament and tendon injuries such as cruciate ligament tears and patellar luxation
  • Degenerative diseases such as hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia and limb abnormalities
  • Infections
  • Tumors
  • Congenital conditions